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Mini Test 4 Flashcards

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Polytheistic

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-Multiple divine beings
-Ethnic religions like Hinduism: Deities

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Monotheistic

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-One divine being
-Universalizing religions like Islam

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Universalizing Religions (4)

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-Seek to appeal to all people
-Worldwide in scope
-Expanding and seek converts through missionaries
-Strong connection to a founder

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Ethnic Religions (6)

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-Appeal to smaller groups of people
-Born into it
-Limited in scope
-More connection to the geography of a place
-Limited expansion because of universalizing religions
-Doesn’t seek converts

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Branch (3)

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-Fundamental division of a universalizing religion
-Roman Catholicism branch of Christianity
-Largest

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Denomination (3)

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-Further breakdown from branch
-Protestantism: Baptist
-Second largest

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Congregation

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-Small local administrative unit of a denomination meant to bring people together to worship
-Methodist Church
-Third Largest

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Sect

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-A group that breaks away from an established congregation
-Smallest

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Christianity Holy Text

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Bible

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Three Branches of Christianity

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-Roman Catholicism: Eastern Europe, recognize authority of the pope
-Protestant: Northern Europe, Martin Luther
-Eastern Orthodox: Western Europe

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Diffusion of Christianity (6)

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-The word of God was spread through Paul who had a vision where God revealed himself to Paul
-Paul spread through missionary work
-Built churches
-Developed Bible
-Spread by word of mouth
-Movement of people

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Largest world religion

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Christianity but loosing followers with younger population at fast rate

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Fastest growing religion and second largest religion

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Islam. Indonesia has largest population of Muslims

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Islam Holy Text

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Quran

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The Five Pillars (Islam)

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-Fasting during Ramadan
-Prayer towards Mecca 5 times a day
-Hajj
-Charity to others
-Profession of faith

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Two Branches of Islam

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-Sunni majority
-Shia, Shiites
-Split came from disagreement over where the successor of Muhammad should come from (in family or outward)

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Muhammad

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Born in Mecca, word of God (Allah) was delivered to him through the angel Gabriel

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Muslims in the U.S.

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-Muslims believe in American dream
-Most Muslims are proud to be Muslim and American
-Muslims are portrayed poorly in the media

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Founder of Buddhism

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-Siddhartha Guama, Buddha
-Became more aware of suffering
-Wanted to find ways for all people to escape suffering

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Buddhism (3)

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-The Four Noble Truths
-Mostly in Asia
-Meditation, and self-discipline gets you to state of nirvana

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Holy book of Buddhism

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Tripitaka

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Potala Palace

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-Place of worship for Tibetan Buddhists
-People travel long distances to worship there
-Split into administrative and worship areas

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Branches of Buddhism

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-Mahayana: Most prevalent
-Vajrayana: least prevalent, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Northern China
-Theravada: localized to parts of Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka

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Hinduism (4)

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-Third largest religion in the world
-97% of Hindus live in India
-Multiple Gods, many paths to spirituality
-After one dies, soul is reincarnated determined by karma and how previous life was lived

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Ganges River

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-Used for Hindu rituals
-Ashes put into river
-Very polluted and very sacred

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Caste System (3)

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-Hinduism, hereditary, hierarchical
-Dictates friends, marriage, where you live, etc.
-Brahmins (priests) at top, untouchables (work no one wants to do) at bottom

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Cultural Hearth of Christianity

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Israel

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Cultural Hearth of Islam

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Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Muhammad

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Cultural Hearth of Buddhism

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Nepal and Southern China, more localized

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Leaving Organized Religion

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-Percent of people practicing organized religion is declining especially among millennials.
-People have lost trust in organized religion and feel like it’s not relevant to them

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Places of worship for Universalizing Religions

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Tied to a founder and worship takes place in a building such as a church

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Places of worship for Ethnic Religions

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Use the physical environment as places of worship like mountains, and rivers. Own prayer and worship at home.

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Religious Organization of Space (4)

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-Cultural Landscape (statues, churches, stores, restaurants)
-Architecture
-Movement across space
-Holy places, sacred spaces

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Secular Religion (4)

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-don’t believe in something larger than yourself
-Topophilia: Ones impassioned feeling for a place, deep connection to a place
-Creates sense of nationalism
-Shadowed Ground: Book by Kenneth Foote that dives into why we commemorate some massacres in some places but not others.

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