IRTs
Aboriginal - period of creation with the 'Ancestors'
What is the predominant sacred text in Hinduism? (specifically in its inception)
the Vedas
What is the name of the Buddha? (Bonus: provide two alternate titles/names for him)
Siddhartha Gautama (Tathagata, Bodhisattva, Shakyamuni)
what is the sacred book in Judaism? Named after all three sections?
Tanakh (Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuv'im)
what is the sacred book in Islam?
Qur'an
what religion has the 'sundance' and what religion has 'orishas'? and what are orishas?
Yoruba - gods
What is the group that brought the Vedas to the Indian subcontinent? (Bonus: what are the two predominant views about how they arrived)
Aryans (Migration thesis; cultural diffusion)
what is the title of the 'texts/canon' within Buddhism?
The Tripitaka (the Three Baskets)
What is the long title for YHWH? and what is Halakha?
Tetragrammaton and law
Mecca - Kaaba
what religion's creation story detailed the story of the 'Golden Chain' and 'Olorun'?
Yoruba
We read from an epic poem in Hinduism about a solider refusing to fight his countrymen... what is the name of the poem? (bonus: what are the two main characters?)
Bhagavad Gita (Arjuna and Krishna)
what are the 4 noble truths?
dukkha - to life is to suffer
samudaya - desire is the cause of suffering
Nirodha - suffering can be ceased
Magga - to cease suffering, follow the noble 8 fold path
What were the two stories from the Tanakh that we went over in class to show how multiple stories can be woven together?
Creation and Joseph
what are the two different groups in Islam?
Sunni and Shia
What were the 4 IRTs that we studied and their corresponding countries/nations?
Aztec (Mesoamerica)
Yoruba (Africa)
what is the Problem, Solution, and name of one method?
Samsara
Moksha
(any)
what are the problem, solution, and method?
Suffering (Dukkha)
Nirvana
4 Noble Truths / Noble 8-Fold Path
what are the three groups in Judaism? And please explain where they are on the spectrum of progressive and conservative
Reform --- Conservative --- Orthodox
What are the key differences between the two groups in Islam?
Sunni
- emphasize election; no veneration of saints/imams; no hereditary leadership
Shia/Shi'i
- hereditary leadership/chosen family; imam is sinless and infallible
What are the 7 dimensions of religion?
Social/Institutional ; Emotional/Experiential ; Doctrinal ; Material ; Ritual ; Ethical Mythic
what are the three paths to liberation? (full names) and briefly describe each one...
Jnana Marga (Knowledge)
Bhakti Marga (Devotion)
Karma Marga (attune to Dharma)
what are the two predominant divisions? briefly describe their key differences?
Theravada (personal; aesthetic; path of the elders)
Mahayana (communal; devotional; more theistic)
The Jewish Talmud is made up of two distinct parts... what are those two? and briefly describe
Mishnah (collection of oral Jewish teaching compiled around 200CE) and Gemara (rabbinic commentary on the Mishnah)
what are the 5 pillars of Islam?
1 - Shahadah (witness/statement of faith)
2 - Salat/Salah (obligatory prayers (5))
3 - Zakat (almsgiving, 2.5%)
4 - Sawm (Ramadan Fast)
5 - Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)