Bahai’i

• main text

  • kitab al-aqdas

    • relies on literature

    • considered to be revelations from the prophets

    • originally arabic but most commonly referred to by the Persian name

  • genre

    • authoritative

    • sometimes were oral (so they can't always be trusted)

    • BahaAllah (sp?)

• main text 2

  • kitab i-aqdas

    • mother book

    • mostly written by Bahallah

Buddhism

• main text

  • the Tripitaka

    • literal translation

      • three baskets

    • 3 books

    • a split into three collections

    • given by buddha and his closest disciples

  • genre

    • teachings

Christianity

• the Bible

Confucianism

• main text

  • analects

    • collection of 9 books

    • one of those nine books

    • teachings of Confucius

  • genre

    • little wise sayings

      • might think of them as proverbs

Hinduism

• main text

  • the vedas

    • four collections

    • sections for each god and their rules

    • oldest sacred text

  • genre

    • poetry, teachings, etc

    • rituals and rules

Islam

• main text

  • the quran

    • written in arabic

      • they don't really want it translated

    • irradiate sins and be devoted to allah

  • genre

    • sermon-esk

• Bonus

  • Koran 🚩🚩🚩

    • (don't spell Quran like)

    • colonized version of Quran

    • islamiphobic spell it like that

Judaism

• main text

  • the tanach (an acronym)

    • 3 parts

      • torrah (five Books of Moses)

        • foundation

        • 10 commandements

        • ethic and morals

        • guidance

        • rulebook

        • writings

        • exodus, Leviticus, numbers, deutoronomy

      • Nav-ian

      • Kebiam

Mormonism

• main text

  • book of mormon

    • structured like the bible

    • divided into books written by the prophets

    • structures and guidelines

• genre

  • story tellings

• bonus

  • they believe at some point Jesus came to america

  • and taught the American ppl and the lost tribes of Israel

Scientology

• main text

  • dianetics

    • pretty opinionated

    • counseling and therapy is the key to solving your problems

  • genre

    • fantasy

    • pseudoscience

Shinto

• main text

  • kojiki + nihon shoki

    • two oldest documents hat record the history of the country

    • includes myth legends and historical recounts

    • they go together

    • written in chinese

• genre

  • origin story

  • creation story

Sikhism

• main text

  • Guru Granth Sahib

    • last lining guru

    • teaches oneness of humanity, and equableness between men and women

    • focal point in a gudwar

  • genre

    • rule book

    • sermon-esk

Taoism

• main text

  • tao te ching

    • book of wisdom

    • core values and how to live a simple life

    • from Lao Tsu

  • not very thick

  • can you make something happen by not doing anything

• genre

  • teachings

  • feels poetry

Wicca

• main text

  • book of shadows

    • gerald gardner wrote the first one

      • its not passed down

      • you'd write your own book that relates to your magick

      • kinda like a spell book or a journal

Yoruba

• odu ifa

• has largely been oral

  • recently been written down