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WHEN YOU COME IN: • Go to the open cabinet • Grab a textbook • Bring it to me at my desk so that I can record the number • Write Your name on the inside cover in the appropriate box A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT MAJOR RELIGIONS LEARNING GOALS FOR THE DAY • Students will be able to: • Compare and contrast six major religions in the world. • Create a generalization about religion in the world as a whole or about the variety of religions in the world. HINDUISM • One of the World’s oldest religions • Started in India • Polytheistic > Henotheistic • All gods are different forms of Brahma • Devotion to different deities • “Om” used in Hindu prayers • Ritual washing in the Ganges River • Brahmin priests • Caste System • Brahma ( Creator), Shiva (Destroyer), Vishnu (Preserver) BUDDHISM • Over 2,500 years old • Sri Lanka, East and Southeast Asia, Japan • Theravada & Mahayana • Dharma- Belief in the Teachings of Buddha • Siddhartha Gautama • Key to happiness: freedom from all worldly desires goods (desire leads to suffering and pain) & • 8-fold path (Middle Way) between earthly desires and extreme self-denial • Strive to follow Buddha’s teachings (meditation, offerings, statues) • Monks (ascetics), Bodhisattva (Mahayana) • Reincarnation, Nirvana LEARNING GOALS FOR THE DAY • Students will be able to: • Compare and contrast six major religions in the world. • Create a generalization about religion in the world as a whole or about the variety of religions in the world. CONFUCIANISM • An ethical system or philosophy, not necessarily a religion • Good Behavior & Obeying the Gov’t • Mostly Chinese • Based on Confucius’ teachings (Analects) • Social & Civic Responsibility • Can be a Confucian Buddhist • Yin & Yang • Opposite forces working in world together for social order and harmony • Filial Piety > JUDAISM • The oldest major monotheistic religion • Scriptures: The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) • 1st 5 Books: Torah • One God (Yahweh) • The Oneness of God • Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah • Synagogue • Priests used to sacrifice animals at the Temple in Jerusalem before it was destroyed by the Romans • Purim, Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur • Leaders: Rabbi (Teacher) • Conservative, Orthodox, Reformed CHRISTIANITY • Jesus of Nazareth • Jewish carpenter who claimed to be Son of God • Taught many and had followers • He was a real person. There is Roman evidence of his death. • Worship: Prayer, Singing, Sermon, Baptism, Communion • Leaders: Priests, Pastor, Evangelist, Elders, Deacons, Bishop, Minister, Monks, Nuns • Symbols: Cross and the Fish • God of the Bible: Old Testament (Jewish) and New Testament (Christian) • God’s Son came down in the flesh to provide an example of how to live and also he died by crucifixion and his sacrifice cleans people of their sins. ISLAM • Means submission to God (Allah in Arabic) • One who submits= A Muslim • Started by Muhammad; he wastold to “recite” the word of God (Quran) • Stresses the Oneness of God (Issue with Trinity) • Accepts Bible (mainly OT) and the Jewish prophets • Calls Muhammad the last prophet • Came hundreds of years after Judaism and Christianity • Five Pillars (Worship) • Shahada, Zakat, Salat, Hajj, Sawm • Mosque = Place, Imam and Ulama = Leaders • Quran has 114 Suras (chapters, longest to shortest) • Sects- Sunni and Shi’a EXIT QUESTION • On a separate piece of paper, list these religions in the order of when they started (oldest to newest): • Islam, Judaism, Christianity • Turn it in to me at the door