What Big Questions do people turn to their religion for answers to What does religion provide people

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What Big Questions do people turn to their
religion for answers to? What does religion
provide people, or perhaps more personally, you,
with?
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The Growth Development

• of World Religion

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Our Big Questions

• How and where did Hinduism, Judaism,
  Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism grow?
• How did they influence peoples perception of the
  world?
• How do they interact with people of different
  cultures or faiths?

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• What does the map tell us about religion as a
  factor in world history?
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vBd5hvXgI_bQ

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I. Indo-European Migration
A. Who? Groups of nomadic peoples from the
steppes N. of the Caucasus who spoke languages
that form the basis of many modern languages pg.
61 text pg. 129-Atlas
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b. Aryans

• A group of Indo-Europeans who settled in India
• Where else have you heard Aryan?
• Bring Vedas
• Control
• Aryans vs. Dasas
• Caste system see 64

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II. Hinduism

• A.To Flow
• B. No one founder
• C.Basic Beliefs
• --Moksha
• --Karma
• --Reincarnation
• --Caste system?
• D. Sacred text Vedas
• E. Gods polytheistic!

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Draw a dancer caught in a pose that reflects the
mood and tempo of each musical selection

• Which best fits this dancer?
• Most unusual feature?
• What mood or feeling
• does the figure communicate?
• Symbols?
• --Drum?
• --Fire?
• --Cobra?
• --Hands?
• --mystery figure?

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Brahma
Creator
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Vishnu
Preserver
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Shiva
Destroyer
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Hinduism Cont

• F. Leadership Guru, Brahmin
• G. Ritual/Worship Puja

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III. Buddhism

• A. Founder Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BC)
• --Prophecy sees sickness, old age, and death
• --Wanders
• --Becomes Enlightened one
• B. Basic Beliefs
• Four Noble Truths Eightfold Path pg. 69
• Nirvana
• BUTREJECTS?????

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Buddhism Cont

• D. Gods None Buddha as example
• Mahayana Buddhists Bodhisattvas
• E. Leadership Monks, Nuns
• F. Ritual
• G. Spread (pg. 27 atlas)

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IV. Judaism

• A. Founder Abraham leads Hebrews to Canaan (page
  14 in atlas)
• B. Basic Beliefs/Gods
• Monotheism Yahweh
• Covenant mutual promise
• Ten Commandments
• C. Sacred Text Torah
• D. Leadership Rabbis

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Oh God said to abraham kill me a sonAbe said man
you must be puttin me onGod said no, abe said
whatGod say you can do what you wanna butThe
next time you see me comin you better runWell
abe said where dyou want this killin doneGod
said out on highway 61Well georgia sam he had a
bloody noseWelfare department wouldnt give him
no clothesThey asked poor howard where can I
goHoward said theres only one place I knowSam
said tell me quick man I got to runOh howard
just pointed with his gunAnd said that way down
highway 61Well mack the finger said to louie the
kingi got 40 red white and blue shoestringsAnd
a thousand telephone that dont ring.Do you know
where I can get rid of these things? And louie
the king said let me think for a minute sonThen
he said yes I think it can be easily doneJust
take everything down to highway 61
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Judaism cont

• E. Ritual
• Synagogue or Temple with an ark
• Bar or Bat Mitzvah
• Kosher laws
• Yarmulke
• F. Spread Diaspora

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Romans destroy 2nd temple, Diaspora, A.D. 70
Canaan/ Palestine/ Israel home to the Jewish ppl!!
Until
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V. Confucianism

• A. Founder Confucius (551-479 B.C.)
• B.Basic Beliefs
• Restore order harmony to war-torn China
  through
• Five relationships
• Ruler and Subject
• Father and Son
• Husband and Wife
• Older brother and Younger
• Friend and Friend

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Confucianism Cont

• Proper Conduct in each relationship
• Filial Piety RESPECT!
• C. Gods NONE! Ethical System
• D.Text Analects 400 BC
• E. Leadership bureaucracy government led by
  trained civil servants
• F. Ritual ancestor worship
• G. Spread East Asia

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Sayings of Confucius

• Let the sole worry of your parents be that you
  might become ill
• The Great Man sets the good example, then he
  invites others to follow it
• A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless
• Put loyalty and reliability first. Have no
  friends inferior to yourself. If you have faults
  do not fear self-improvement

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VI. Daoism

• A. Founder Laozi 6th Cent. B.C.
• B. Basic Beliefs
• Also arises during strife
• Importance of Naturelive simply and in harmony
  with it
• The Dao WAY guides all things
• C. Gods- none
• D. Text Dao De Jing (The Way of Virtue)

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Daoism Cont

• The Dao never does anything
• yet through it all things are done
• If powerful men and women
• could center themselves in it,
• the whole world would be transformed
• by itself, in its natural rhythms.
• People would be content
• With their simple, everyday lives, in harmony and
  free of desire.
• When there is no desire,
• all things are at peace.
• --Laozi, Dao De Jing, Passage 37