Nature of Religion
Buddhism
Christianity
Aboriginal Spirituality
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define polytheism

the belief in many gods

100

Buddha's name

Siddhartha Guatama
100

name of the meaningful stories that Jesus told

The Parables

100

the belief systems Aboriginal people follow is known as...

The Dreaming
100

What Christian ritual uses water to symbolise cleansing from sin and new life in Christ?"

Baptism

200
what are the four characteristics of a religion?

Beliefs and believers, sacred texts, ethics, rituals & ceremonies

200

Samsara is ...

the cycle of rebirths

200

Which ecumenical council produced the Nicene Creed in 325 CE?

The Council of Nicaea

200

Aboriginal spirituality is passed down ________

orally/verbally

200

Name the 4 Gospels

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 

300

what are the two types of worldviews religions may have?

Immanent and Transcendent

300

where did Buddha become enlightened 

under the bodhi tree
300

The Jews rejected Jesus as their __________

Messiah 

300

Definition - highly sophisticated networks of relationships governing interactions between members of Aboriginal language groups 

Kinship

300

What are the two greatest commandments that Jesus taught?

Love God with all your heart, soul and mind, and love your neighbour as yourself. 

400

Religion has been the means of answering some of the most significant questions that confront humans. Identify TWO of the 4 main questions.

Name all 4 for double the points.

1) why does a person exist at all. 2)why is there a universe. 3) what happens to a person after that person dies . 4) why is there suffering in the world?

400

what are the core ethical teachings of Buddhism 

the 5 precepts and the vinaya

400

Major events that occured between Jesus's sentencing and his death were called ...

The Passion

400

The Dreaming, the Land and the people are __________ connected.

inextricably 

400

This Buddhist sacred text is also known as the Pali Canon and is divided into three "baskets."

The Tripitaka

500

the characteristics of a religion all interact to ensure that religion is both _______ and _________.

dynamic and living

500

identify the 3 Buddhist sacred texts

Tripitaka, Tibetan book of the dead, Lotus of the good law

500

This 1995 encyclical reaffirmed the sanctity of human life and opposed abortion and euthanasia.

Evangelium Vitae?

500

the word used to describe an entity, plant, animal or natural object that has become the token or emblem of an individual or a language group.

Totem 

500

The Three Jewish sects

The Pharisees, Sadducees and Zealots