Religious Groups of Southern and Eastern Asia

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Religious Groups of Southern and Eastern Asia 

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Part 3
• Shinto
• Confucianism
• Islam
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Quick Review of Islam

• Give me a thumbs up if the word you see on the
  screen is a characteristic of Islam.
• Give me a thumbs down if the word you see on
  the screen is not a characteristic of Islam.

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Yahweh
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Muslim
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Rabbi
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Friday
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Holy Bible
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Synagogue
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Qur'an
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Abraham
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Christians
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Caliph
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Jews
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Mosque
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Mecca
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Religion Members by Percentage Worldwide
Christianity 2.1 billion 33.0 Islam 1.5
billion 22 Hinduism 900 million 14 Buddhism
376 million 6 Sikhism 23 million 0.36
Judaism 14 million 0.22 Bahaism 7 million
0.1 Confucianism 6.3 million 0.1 Jainism
4.2 million 0.1 Shintoism 4 million
0.1 NOTES As of 2005
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To get us started
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The Way of the Gods.
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Shintoism 

• Shinto is a religion that is unique to Japan. It
  has not spread to other parts of the world like
  Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.
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Shintoism

• Shinto is based on the traditional Japanese
  teaching that everything in nature contains Kami
  or the spirit of a god. Shinto has no rules for
  moral living and no concepts of a single ruling
  God.

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• AGE of RELIGION
• Believed to be 1000-2000 years old
• Developed in Japan

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Holy People

• No known founder

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• SACRED TEXT
• Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters)

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Sacred Text

• Rikkokushi (Six National Histories)

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• MONO or POLY?
• POLYTHEISTIC
• Shinto can be compared to traditional religions
  of Africa
• Ancestor worship
• Animal worship
• Nature worship

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BELIEFS

• KAMI
• Kami are spirits worshipped by followers
• These spirits are found in everythingevery
  squirrel, every rock, every living and non-living
  thing.

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Shinto

• The basic ideas of Shinto include
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• Expected to be reverent (respect) to nature,
  life, birth, and fertility.
• Physical purity is more important than moral
  purity.

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• Many Shinto build shrines and worship their
  ancestors who they believe became kami when they
  die.
• Since Shinto offers no ideas of a moral code or
  one God, many people who practice Shinto also
  practice another religion such as Buddhism.
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Kami

• Main and most worshipped is the sun goddess
  AMATERASU.

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• HOLY PLACES
• All SHINTO SHRINES are considered sacred places.
• Every town or city has a shrine dedicated to the
  local KAMI
• Every home has a shrine where believers worship
  everyday

Ise Shrine
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Torii Gates

• Symbolic gateway marking the entrance to a
  Shinto shrine.
• The boundary between the sacred space of the
  shrine and ordinary space.
• Usually two vertical posts topped by two beams
  and painted bright red.

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Torri Gates
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• Shinto is commonly practiced all over the world
  like Islam.

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• Shinto believes in Kami spirits in nature.

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• Torii are the spirits that are in trees.

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• Shinto is like Hinduism and Buddhism in the
  belief of reincarnation.

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CONFUCIANISM
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if
thou art asked for little by these three steps
thou wilt go near the gods. --Confucius
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• AGE of PHILOSOPHY
• This philosophy was developed 2500 years ago
• 2500 years old (500 years older than
  Christianity)
• Where did it begin?
• CHINA

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Philosophy of Confucianism 

• Not a religion, but a philosophy
• Religion a set of beliefs concerning the cause,
  nature, and purpose of the universe, especially
  when considered as the creation of a superhuman
  agency or agencies, usually involving devotional
  and ritual observances, and often containing a
  moral code governing the conduct of human
  affairs.
• Philosophy the rational investigation of the
  truths and principles of being, knowledge, or
  conduct.

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• Thought to be the foundation of modern Chinese
  culture. Like Buddhism and Islam, the ideas of
  Confucianism come from one man, Confucius, who
  believed he knew how to bring peace to ancient
  China.  

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• Confucius created a moral structure for social
  life and politics that every person should
  follow.
• Like Shintoism, Confucianism is based on
  tradition and does not teach about one ruling
  god.

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Countries where Confucianism is a major
Philosophy

• China and Vietnam

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• FOUNDER
• Chinese philosopher named K'ung Fu-tzu or
  CONFUCIUS

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• MONO or POLY?
• Neither
• Confucianism is not a religion it is a
  philosophy about how to live your life

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BELIEFS

• Golden Rule "Do not do unto others what you
  would not want others to do unto you".
• Be loyal and show courtesy to others at all
  times!

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BELIEFS

• What is the key to social order and peace?
• Key to social order peace good character and
  virtue in people

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The Basic Ideas of Confucianism 

• Each person has a place in society and they must
  accept their positions so that society can
  function well.

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• SACRED TEXT
• The Analects the teachings of
• Confucius

--Forget injuries, never forget
kindnesses. --When anger rises, think of the
consequences. --Wherever you go, go with all
your heart. --The superior man is modest in his
speech, but exceeds in his actions.
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• HOLY PLACES
• There are many temples where the memory and
  teachings of Confucius are remembered and
  celebrated.

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• Confucianism is a religion with a moral code or
  Golden Rule.

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• Confucianism is older than Shinto, but younger
  than Christianity.

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• Confucianism believes in the god Confucius to
  tell people what to do.

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• Confucianism gave structure and guidance to the
  Chinese to help form government and social rules.

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Now you tell me what you have learned.

• Draw a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast
  Shintoism and Confucianism.
• Make sure you have at least four similarities and
  four differences.
• Write a short essay comparing and contrasting
  these two religions.
• You should have an introduction, a conclusion,
  and a paragraph for comparisons and one for
  contrasts.