RELIGION
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Islam
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Christianity
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Allah
|
God
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Mosque
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Church
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Quran
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Bible
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Ramadan
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Christmas, Easter
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Mohammed
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Jesus
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Mecca
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Jerusalem
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Bell
Work:
Comparing
two religions
TWO CATEGORIES OF RELIGION:
1. Universalizing
Religion:
·
Want
to appeal to all people
·
Are
usually written down
·
EXAMPLES:
o
Christianity
o
Islam
o
Buddhism (monks)
2. Ethnic
Religion:
·
Appeal
to a smaller group of people living in one place
·
Are
passed down orally
·
EXAMPLES:
o
Hindui
o
Judiaism
o
African
o
Mixed Religion throughout
the world
UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS:
1. CHRISTIANITY
(CHRISTIANS)
·
The
worlds largest religion (2 billion are Christian (adherents))
o
Most
are in Europe, Americas, Australia
·
Christianity
in the UNITED STATES:
o
Most
are Baptist and Catholic
THREE BRANCHES OF CHRISTIANITY
o
Roman Catholics 51 %
§ They pray to saints
(Mary)
o
Protestant 24%
§ From England… will speak
English
§ Baptist, Methodist, Etc.
o
Eastern Orthodox 11%
§ Other smaller branches of
Christianity comprise 14% of all Christians
§ Wear black robes,
crosses, incents
§ They use to be a part of the
Soviet Union
2. ISLAM (MUSLIMS)
·
The
second largest world religion
·
1.3
billion adherents (followers)
·
Clusters
of Muslims are from Middle, East, North AFRICA, and South Asia
·
Core
of Islamic beliefs is the FIVE PILLARS
·
TWO BRANCES:
o
Sunnis
(89%
o
Shias
or Shites 16% (HARD CORE MUSLIMS)
§ Al-Qaida: Bombers A group
of Shias
3. BUDDHISM (BUDDHISTS)
·
About
400 million adherents (followers) but they are hard to count
·
Main
religion in China and has a lot in Southeast Asia
·
THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS:
o
Life
means suffering (life is hard)
o
The
origin of suffering is attachment (Life is hard because we like stuff)
o
You
can stop your suffering, by giving up everything and focusing on your inner
beauty
·
THREE
BRANCHES
o
Mahayana
(China, Japan, Korea)
o
Theraveda
(Southeast Asia)
o
Tantra
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