Vocabulary
The Study of World Religions
Commonalities in Religion
Common Patterns of Religions
Mixed Bag
100
To identify and understand another's situation
What is empathy?
100
Gain clearer understanding of one’s own faith, Assist a person in being more open and accepting of different people, and dispel fears and misunderstandings relating to persons of other religious traditions
What are reasons to study world religions?
100
Worldviews, focus on beliefs and practices, specific views of male and female.
What are patterns among religions?
100
Birth, coming of age, marriage, and death
What are rites of passage
100
Latin for "to bind"
What is religion
200
Traditional/ancient stories that help provide a worldview of a people by explaining their creation, customs, or ideals
What is a myth?
200
Faith, Social Control, Way of Life, Philosophy, Literature
What are things religions deal with?
200
The problem of the world, the goal of life, the way
What are the common elements in all religions?
200
Mecca for Muslims, Jerusalem for Jews, the Ganges for Hindus.
What is a sacred place?
200
parents, media, authorities, politics, incomplete tradition
What are things that may confuse a religion for us?
300
One who argues that the existence of God cannot be proven.
What is an agnostic?
300
The cross for Christians, the mandala for Hindus, icons of Orthodox Christianity, architecture of Islam, etc
What are sacred symbols?
300
Lack of Awareness, Understanding, Knowledge
What is the world's problem for Eastern religions?
300
the Qur'an for Muslims, the Bible for Christians, the Vedas for Hindus.
What is a sacred writings/ scriptures?
300
the most important thing to remember and understand whenever studying any text
What is context?
400
Fertility
What are female deities particularly associated with?
400
author, time, place, audience, reason, culture, circumstance
What are aspects of a context?
400
Researchers observe the practitioners but failed to listen to their experiences thereby biasing their conclusions.
What is a problem of a researched-based approach to religion?
400
The Four Noble Truths for Buddhists, the laws of Manu for Hindus, the Nicene Creed for Christians.
What is a statement of truth/belief?
400
To gain insight into religious traditions, and into what religions share, and into people.
WHY STUDY THE MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD?
500
Movement to unite all faiths.
What is ecumenism?
500
Your facilitator's middle name
What is Joseph?
500
Water represents spiritual cleansing, this unhealthy, amount and strength, and a circle eternity
How does religion express truth symbolically?
500
Kali, and Durga in Huduism, the Virgin Mary in Catholicism, Amaterasu in Shinto.
What religious images are female?
500
A belief that all is divine
What is pantheism?
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