Religion Midterm

Religious studies deal with:

belonging, believing, behavior

Who wrote Siddhartha?

Herman Hesse

Where does Siddhartha take place?

possibly India

BC vs. BCE

Before Christ vs. Before Common Era

Ablutions, the Bhagavad Gita, and Vedas have to do with what religion?

Hinduism

Puja and Darsan (offerings and prayers) are part of what religion?

Hinduism

Brahmin

priests in Hindu society, highest class of the caste system

Brahman

the ultimate reality underlying everything

monotheism

the belief in one God

polytheism

the belief in many gods

atheism

the belief in no gods

animism

the belief that there is a spirit to all things

What position does Siddhartha's father have?

Brahmin

Where did Siddhartha live first?

in a town with his father

True or False? Along the way, Siddhartha meets Gotama or the "buddha".

True

faithful old friend to Siddhartha

Govinda

young, strong, and handsome

Siddhartha (at the beginning)

rich and clever businessman

Kamaswami

thin and worn out group

Samanas

beautiful, feminine, and sexy

Kamala

practicing meditation in different ways

The Samanas, Siddhartha, and Govinda

When Siddhartha meets his best friend again near the end of the novel, what happens at first?

Govinda doesn't recognize Siddhartha.

What does Kamala know the ways of?

love

Siddhartha is surprised to meet his son. His son runs away. Where does his son want to go?

back to town to his mother's house

After Siddhartha learns what the river has to teach him, what happens to Vasudeva?

he goes into the woods and is never heard from again

True or False: By the end of the novel, Siddhartha has learned something about how to achieve Enlightenment.

True

It's "not diversity alone, but the energetic engagement with diversity" among other things.

pluralism

Two main groups facing trouble in pluralism article:

Muslims and Christians

Sacred scripture of Islam

Qur'an

What religion is Kamala Khan?

Islam

Where did Kamala's parents immigrate from?

Pakistan

Who in Ms. Marvel wears a headscarf? What do her parents think of it?

Nakia; her parents think it's "just a phase"

What does Kamala's brother do that annoys their father?

Prays too much

When Kamala visits a mosque, who is divided and why?

Men and women are split to maintain women's dignity

What sort of clothing is a ahalwar kameez?

fancy Pakistani clothing

Kamala is inspired to save Zoe because of a quote. It's a _________ from the __________

ayah from the Qur'an

In the Bible passages we read, what Jewish holiday were Jesus and his followers celebrating?

Passover

Who wears camel hair and eats wild honey in the desert? (the Bible)

John

Who betrays Jesus with a kiss?

Judas

What plant does Jesus curse?

fig tree

Sojourner Truth's speech was given at what kind of conference?

Women's rights

Where did Martin Luther King Jr give his "Beyond Vietnam" speech?

Riverside Church, NY, USA

Gotama Buddha is also called

Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, Goutama Buddha, or just the Buddha

Four Noble Truths

Life is suffering, suffering is due to desire, the key is letting go, walk the eightfold path.

The four noble truths come from what religion?

Buddhism

The Abrahamic religions are:

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Who is Abraham?

father of Judaism

Jesus of Nazareth

founder of Christianity

Muhammad

founder of Islam

Two branches of islam

Sunni and Shi'a

The five pillars of Islam are:

belief, prayer, charity, fasting (Hajj), pilgrimage (Zakat)

What's the main text of Judaism?

Tanakh

The Gospels are

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

The New Testament collected is also a

canon (a list of sacred books or texts)

European reformations were started by

Martin Luther's 95 theses

MAJOR factors behind the European reformations and the church were:

printing press, political autonomy, princely support, poorly managed economical perspective, students

What religion has Hadith?

Islam

Canons

tables to organize the meaning of the Gospels

What are examples of how Islam shows in Ms. Marvel?

Her friend Nakia wears a headscarf. Kamala's family doesn't eat pork. Her brother prays to Allah at dinner. Kamala and Nakia attend a mosque youth study.

What religion uses the term Moksha?

Hinduism

What religion has a caste system?

Hinduism

When Vishnu interacts with humans he takes on an ________ of himself.

avatar

Indigenous religions, which include folk religins:

are closely tied to a particular people, ethnicity, or tribe

Buddhism arose out of

Hinduism

What is Om associated with?

religious meditation and a state of mind, Hinduism