Syncretic religion: the blend or combination of religions (ex: Buddhism and Shintoism)
Prince Siddharta Gautama: The founder of Buddhism
Universalizing Religion is a holiday based on the life events of the founder
-The main UR are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
Ethnic Religion: is a holiday based on physical geography
-The main ER are Hindusism, Judaism, and Shintoism
Monotheistic religions: worshipping one God
Polytheistic religions: worshipping multiple Gods
Atheistic: believing there is no God
Agnostic: believe that God cannot not be proven or disproven
Place:
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Birthplace:
Mecca and Saudi Arabia
Bethlehem and Palestine
Ancient Israel
Indus Valley, India
Lumbini, Nepal
Cremation was the most common method of disposing of the dead in Hinduism
Examples of Utopian Settlements: Onedia, New York, New Harmony, and Ind
The caste System in India was the class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu was assigned according to religious law (India)
The Crusade’s goal was to reclaim Christianity in the Holy Land
Catholicism is a hierarchical religion
A ghetto: a place, by law, the Jews had to live in
Islam diffused: trade based
Christianity diffused: relocation
Judaism diffused: Trade-based
Hinduism diffused: migration
Buddhism diffused: Expansion
The branches of Islam are Sunni and Shite
The branches of Christianity are Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant
Not all Christians in the US have the same beliefs because of denominations
Hinduism and Buddhism both originated in India (Hinduism is dominant) (Buddhism spread toward east Asia)
France has a high Muslim population because of immigration from Africa and the Middle East
A wave of immigrants came into the roman catholic population making it clustered
Ethnic Religions are most likely to be clustered
Religions can cause division… meaning it can be a centrifugal Force
Islam is the religion that still has important faith in its homeland
In the Middle East Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the region for monotheistic religions
Hinduism is the largest Ethnic Religion
Cosmogony is a set of religious beliefs concerning the origins of the universe
Sunni is the dominant branch of Islam in Iran
Christianity has the most adherents worldwide