Religion stuff Flashcards
What book of the bible begins with “He called” and provides the Hebrew name
Leviticus
What god contains a crescent moon on his head
Shiva
What religions important texts include the Perfection of Wisdom and the Basket of Discipline
Buddhism
What figure attaches torches to the tails of foxes to burn the fields of his enemies
Samson
What hindu god rides on a bird known as a hamsa
Brahma
Who is the hindu god of knowledge
Saraswati
Who founded Sikhism
Guru Nanak
What school of Buddhism uses the concept of three baskets
Theravada
What branch of a larger religion creates cakes which are fed to bird after religious services
Tibetan Buddhism
What are the weeks outside of advent, christmas, lent, and eastertide called in Catholicism
Ordinary time
What is the building in Mecca called that muslims touch or kiss during tawaf
Ka’aba
What religion is split up into sky-clad and white-clad sects
Jainism
What man did God turn the bitter waters of Marah sweet for
Moses
What religion recognizes a group of 7 happiness deities including the fisherman god Ebisu
Shinto
What text consists of 1028 recitations called sukta which are divided into ten books called Mandalas
Rig Veda
What man’s best known oration compared God to a man holding a loathsome insect or spider over a fire
Jonathon Edwards
What collection includes the Vinaya and the Abhidhamma
Tripitaka
What religion is the Tripitaka used for
Theravada Buddhism
What type of work in the Tripitaka consists of the buddhas sermons
Sutras
What is the Indian festival of lights called
Diwali
What religion is Diwali a major holiday for
Hinduism
What hindu goddess is the wife of vishnu
Lakshmi
What man ordered 12 stones to be placed at Gilgal and then held a mass circumcision using flint knives
Joshua
What particles Higgs variety is responsible for mass
Boson
What leader of the shakers received a revelation that led them to move to the US
Mother Ann Lee
What shaker song was adapted by Aaron Copland into the 7th section of Appalachian Spring
Simple Gifts
What government assumed the slogan of Work, Family, Fatherland
Vichy France
Who is the consort of Shiva
Parvati
Who is the Hindu god with an elephant head that is called the remover of obstacles
Ganesh
What hindu goddess decapitated Raktabija and caught the falling blood on her tounge
Kali
What concept can be reached by the elimination of dukkah and is described by the first of the four noble truths
Nirvana
What religion was led by The Custodians after the death of a former leader
Baha’i
What saint wrote Spiritual Exercises and founded the Jesuits
Ignatius
What text has many sections which begin with mysterious letters such as ALM
Quran
What mountain did Noah’s Ark land on
Arrorat
What mountain did Elijah live on and names a catholic religious order
Mount Carmel
What Christian holiday celebrates the day the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles
Pentecost
What period begins on Ash Wednesday
Lent
What type of building that broke from tradition by having 6 towers is named for the color of ceramic tiles that were arranged into tulip designs by a potter from Iznik
Mosque
What town in northern Italy hosted a 16th century exumenical council to oppost Martin Luther
Trent
What Latin translation of the Bible by Saint Jerome was the official Bible of the catholic church until 1979
The Vulgate
What religion promotes asha as an antidote to the evil god Ahriman
Zoroastrianism
Who is the creator deity of Zoroastrianism and is the counterpart to Ahriman
Ahura Mazda
What event is known as Frashokereti in Zoroastrianism
Apocalypse
What man inspired Jonathon Edwards and who’s tour of colonies took him from New York to South Carolina on horseback
George Whitefield
What type of hoof do animals need to be considered Kosher
cloven hoof
What 2 books are Jewish laws generally drawn from
Leviticus and Deuteronomy
What Jewish holiday commemorates the destruction of the first and second temples
Tisha B’Av
What book’s passages are traditionally read during Tisha B’Av
Lamentations
What major prophet between Isaiah and Ezekiel wrote Lamentations
Jeremiah
What Chinese term meaning inaction denotes a state of harmonius engagement with the world
weu wei
What Chinese philospohy uses wu wei and was founded by Shang Yang
Legalism
What god won his wife by killing a companion that was disguised as a whale
Shiva
