Bell Ringer Copy and Answer all 4 questions What does religion mean to you?

1. Bell Ringer • Copy and Answer all 4 questions • What does religion mean to you? • *religion is something one believes in and follows devotedly • *religion usually has some form of “higher power” • Why do you think religion causes so many conflicts and wars in the world when it is supposed to promote peace? • What religion are you? • Why do you practice that religion?

2. Essential Questions: World ReligionsCopy All questions – 2 line spacing • What religious traditions developed in ancient civilizations? • What were essential beliefs of Judaism? • How did Judaism influence Western civilization? • What were the essential beliefs of the early Christian faith and how did it spread? • Why was the caste system central to Indian culture? • What are characteristics of the Hindu religion? • What are the characteristics of Buddhism? • Why were Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism important in the formation of Chinese culture? • Explain the different ways in which Confucianism and Daoism thought the people should live their lives. • How did Islam continue the traditions of Christianity and Judaism? • Where did the Islamic religion originate and where did it spread? • What are the beliefs, traditions, and customs of Islam?

3. Essential Vocabulary: World Religions2 line spacing • Roman Empire • Hinduism • Buddhism • Reincarnation • Caste system • Buddha • Buddhist • 4 Noble Truths • Eightfold Path • Confucianism • Daoism • Harmony with nature • Islam • Muslims • 5 Pillars of Islam • Mecca • Monotheism • Polytheism  • Hebrews • Judaism • Torah • Jews • Israel • Christianity • Ten Commandments • Christians • Bible • Jesus • Paul • Byzantine Empire 

4. The Five Major Religions

5. By the Numbers: Compare and Contrast 1.9 billion people 325 million Christianity Buddhism 1.1 billion Islam Judaism Hinduism 800 million 18 million

8. Judaism • Today there are over 18 million followers of Judaism scattered throughout the world. • A large number of those people live in the Jewish nation of Israel. • Over six million live in the United States.

9. Judaism • JUDAISM is a religion of just one people: the Jews. • JUDAISM was the first to teach belief in only one God. Two other important religions developed from Judaism: Christianity and Islam.

10. Judaism • Jews think that God will send a Messiah (a deliverer) to unite them and lead them in His way. • Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah. The Jewish people do not agree; they anticipate His arrival in the future. • Judaism teaches that death is not the end and that there is a world to come.

11. Judaism • The "Torah," the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is the most important Jewish scripture. • It contains the basic laws of Judaism. • The Jewish house of worship is called a synagogue. • Rabbis (spiritual leaders) conduct services, act as interpreters of Jewish laws, and deliver sermons.

12. Jewish Philosophy • God is one and unique • God is the creator • God is transcendent • God is lawgiver • God is personal • We have the obligation to worship • The Torah is God's law • God is judge • The Messiah will come.

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14. Christianity • The early Hebrews who eventually developed into the Jewish religion became the foundation of Christianity. • Ten Commandments – brought to earth by Moses for the Jews during the Exodus.

15. Christian Beliefs • Jesus, or the Messiah, was a Jewish boy who disagreed with some of the Jewish principles of his day began to profess a new way of thinking. • This eventually led to the beginning of the Christian religion.

16. Christian Beliefs • Christianity started about 2000 years ago about the same time of Jesus. • The central point of Christian belief is that God, the Father, entered into human history as the Son, Jesus of Nazereth, and arose as the Holy Spirit. 

17. Christian Beliefs • God is the Creator of the universe. There is one God, Who is Three  Persons- Holy TrinityFather, Son and Holy Spirit. • Jesus is both fully man and fully God.  • He was born of the Virgin Mary Crucified, resurrected from the dead, and ascended to the Father.

18. Christian Beliefs • Sin and Evil are realities in our existence. Heaven and Hell. • All believers are promised life everlasting = Salvation • Bible – Holy book of Christians that contains the old and new testaments. • The leader of Christianity was Jesus, and the followers were his 12 disciples.

19. Spread of Christianity • Paul – follower of Christ who spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire and started the early church. • Map pages 38-39*

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21. Bell Ringer • Using the map book, pages 24-25 answer the following questions within your notes. • 1. When and Where did Hinduism develop? • 2. What do Hindus believe?

22. Hinduism • HINDUISM is one of the world's oldest religions. • Over 2/3's of the world's Hindus live in India; large numbers reside in Africa also. • Hindus are polytheistic, numbering into the thousands. • They recognize one supreme spirit called Brahman ("the Absolute.")

23. Hinduism • Hinduism has many sacred books, the oldest being a series called the "Vedas.“ • Traditional Hindu society was divided into groups • This was known as the "caste system." Copy

24. Hindu • The goal of Hindus is to someday join with Brahman. • Until that union takes place, believers are in a continuous process of rebirth called "reincarnation."

25. Hindu • At death, the Hindu's deeds (karma) determine what the next life will be. • Followers work to break this cycle--birth, death, re-birth-- (referred to by writers as the "Wheel of Life") and gain release. • The Hindu's soul then merges with Brahman in a condition of spiritual perfection (moksha).

26. Hinduism

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28. Buddhism • Buddhism is the world's oldest universal religion and it is the second fastest growing religion. 

30. Buddhism • Founding person of Buddhism is Siddhartha Guatama, the Buddha • The Dalai Lama is a Buddhist monk who remains the leader of the Tibetans. • Buddhism is a major religion in China, Japan, India, and Tibet.

31. The Major Philosophy of Buddhism • Love: without conditions • Compassion: or feeling at one with the person who is suffering • Sympathetic Joy:Celebrate the happiness of others, and do not resent their good fortune. • Impartiality: Treat everyone equally, and do not use others for personal gain or to win approval.

32. The Major Philosophy of Buddhism • Buddhism states that existence is a continuing cycle of death and rebirth called reincarnation. • Each person's position in life is determined by his or her behavior in the previous life. This is known as their "karma" (also a Hindu belief).

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34. Islam • ISLAM is the name given to the religion preached by the prophet Muhammad in the 600s A. D. • The Islamic religion started in the area known as Palestine in the year 600A.D. • It has about 1.1 billion followers, most of them in the region called the Middle East.

35. Islam • The holy book of Islam is the "Koran." Muslims believe its words to be those of Allah himself, spoken to Muhammad by an angel. • Allah, is the Islamic God. • People who believe these ideas are called Muslims.

36. Islamic Philosophy • Muslims learn that life on earth is a period of testing and preparation for the life to come. • Angels record good and bad deeds. • People should behave themselves and help others, trusting in Allah's justice and mercy for their reward.

37. Islam • Muslims pray five times daily in their mosques (churches). • While praying, they face the holy city of Mecca (in Saudi-Arabia) and sometimes kneel with faces to the ground. • All Muslims are required to make a pilgrimage (trip to a sacred place) to Mecca at least once in their lifetime.

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