Key 22 Flashcards
Universal religions —— from specific hearths while ethnic religions tend to ——
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Remain clustered
Aryan tribes
From Central Asia invaded India 1400bc and brought indo European languages and religion
First settled in Punjab northwest India and migrated east
Intermingling with Dravidians modified their religious beliefs
Christianity and Islam place of origin
South west Asia
Buddhism place of origin
South Asia
Abdul baha
Bahaullah
Spread Bahai religion
Clustered around Punjab
Punjab origin
Fought with Muslims to retain Punjab
Sikhism
Ethnic religions have —– diffusion
Limited
Why Ethnic religions have limited diffusion
These religions lack missionaries who are devoted to converting people from other religions
Churches In Africa
So many because merging of traditional practices and Christianity
Buddhism and Shintoism
In East Asia first shintoism resistant Buddhism and then embraced and amalgamated the two religions
How ethnic religions diffuse
Adherents migrate to locations for economic reasons and are not forced to adopt a universalizing religion
Why is Judaism an exception religions and diffusion
Judaism is practiced in many countries
Diaspora
The forced diffusion of Jews by Romans
Most Jews migrate from where to where
Eastern Mediterranean to Europe
Ghetto
City Neighborhood set by law to be inhabited only by Jews
Ethnic holy places
Derive from physical environment of hearth
Universalizing holy place
Holiness cities
Founders life association
Don’t have to be related
Holy places Buddhism
Lumibini Nepal Bodh gaya- Buddhas birthplace Deer park sarnth- Buddhas first sermon Kusinagara- Buddhas death Sravasti - Buddhas great miracle Samkasya- Rajagrha- Buddha tamesa. Wild elephant
Islam holy places
Mecca contains the al kaba , a cube covered in silk containing a stone given to Abraham by Gabrielle
Every Muslim is expected to take a hajj to Mecca
Sikhism holy place
Darbar sahib or golden temple
Hinduism hoy place
Holy riverbanks and coastlines
Ganges ,
Cosmogony
Belief about origin of universe
Cosmogony ethnic religion
Physical environment
Like yo yang in Confucianism and daoism
Universalizing religions and cosmogony
God created universe
Christianity and Islam