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Major World Religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Ethical System- Confucianism What is Religion? • Publicly shared beliefs, private convictions, and expressions of faith What do religions have in common? • • • • • • Offerings/rituals Rules Creation stories Belief in someone/something Morals Customs/food What do they give believers? Why have it? • • • • • • • Hope Belief in something Explain unexplainable Agreed upon rules Understand the world Structure Guidance Why talk about religion in History class? • • • • Wars Empires Art Primary cause of : wars, revolutions, explorations, migrations • Rulers= divine status Beginning of organized religion • Early on, local religions • Why large-scale organized religion? – One possibility is the contact between groups of people increased, the need for some system of morality and shared belief was necessary – Religion provided cultural communication, moral expectation, and personal trust Belief System Time of appearance Homeland Hinduism Early 1st millennium B.C. Northern India Judaism Early 1st millennium B.C. Southwest Asia Buddhism 5th century B.C. Northern India Confucianism 5th century B.C. Southwest Asia Daoism (Taoism) 5th century B.C. Northern China Christianity 1st century C.E. Southwest Asia Islam 7th century C.E. Southwest Asia