MODULE 6.5 Flashcards
According to him, religion is the “belief in spiritual beings”
Edward B. Taylor
He went on to elaborate: Religion is “a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say set apart and forbidden, beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community, called a church, all those who adhere to them” (1915).
David Emile Durkheim
Refers to the conviction or sensation that one is connected to “the divine.” This type of communion might be experienced when people are praying or meditating.
Religious experience
Are specific ideas that members of a particular faith hold to be true.
Religious belief
The earliest form of religion. It is the belief that physical things are occupied by spirits
Animism
The belief in the existence of one god.
Monotheism
The belief in the existence of many gods
Polytheism
These are behaviors or practices that are either required or expected of the members of a particular group, such as bar mitzvah or confession
Religious rituals
One of the world’s oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years.
Judaism
Judaism found its humble beginnings from a man named ______
Abraham
As a monotheistic religion, Jewish people consider themselves
as God’s -_______
“Chosen people”
One who utters divinely inspired revelations
Prophet
One of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
Patriarch
One God in Judaism
Yahweh
Holy book in Judaism
Torah
Judaism actually got its name from one of the ancient _____tribes of Israel, it was the tribe that survived during the all out war between different conquerors of the land such as the ______ and ancient ______
12, Byzantines and Persian Empire
__________means prejudice against or hatred of Jews.
“antisemitism”
considered as one of the most influential religions in history. It currently has approximately two billion followers. At the core of this religion are the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christianity
One God // Jesus Christ One God // Jesus Christ
Christianity
Country of origin of christianity
Judea/Galilee
Sacred text of christianity
Holy bible
The word “Testament” means ______
“covenant”