Is it winter yet?
What two types of rituals are we studying this unit?
Lifecycle and calendrical
How many unit objectives are there?
7
When is your next assessment due?
Term 3 Week 4
Name 2 rituals we practice at Marist.
CORRECT!
The first person convicted of speeding was going how fast? (in miles per hour)
Define life cycle rituals.
mark rites of passage in the biological and sociological cycle of human life
Define calendrical rituals
occur at a particular time of the week, month, year or mark a period of time since a significant event.
Name 2 types of life cycle rituals from Australian Indigenous spiritualities.
birth, initiation and funeral
Name the life cycle ritual practice by Jews to keep the covenant with God.
Circumcision.
How many metric tons of food is wasted each year?
1 billion
Religious life cycle rituals or rites of passage fulfill a number of requirements. Name one.
1.Firstly, they are public expressions of faith but also respond to community 2.Secondly the particular ritual usually follows behaviours or in some cases requirements laid down in the sacred text 3.Thirdly, the ritual empowers the individual with authority or permission.
What is used in Christian healing/blessing rituals?
Water/oil
What is the universal Buddhist ceremony for birth?
Trick question! There is none.
In Tibet, the sacred symbol dhih, symbolizing the celestial Buddha Manjusri, is painted on the baby’s what?
Tongue
The wood frog can hold its pee for up to how long?
Eight months
What does sangha mean?
Monkhood
Name 2 of the five precepts of Buddhism.
respect for life, respect for property, respect for personal relationships, respect for truth, respect for oneself
Name 3 of the six divisions of the universe.
gods, titans, humans, hungry ghosts, animals or hell.
Parinamana is the term used to describe what?
‘transfer of merit’
In what decade were the first computers invented?
1940s