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World Religions
Essential Question:
• Examples:
• Siddhartha Gautama - Buddhism
• Abraham and Moses - Judaism
• Jesus - Christianity
• Muhammad - Islam
World Religions
• Sacred Writings – Holy books or texts that
provides an explanation to the origins of the
religion, guidelines for behavior, holy days of
observance, as well as rituals and practices.
• Examples:
• Vedas and Upanishads – Hinduism
• Analects – Confucianism
• Torah and Talmud – Judaism
• Holy Bible – Christianity
• Qur’an - Islam
World Religions
• Rules of Behavior – Provides guidelines for
behavior in order to achieve enlightenment,
harmony or salvation.
• Examples:
• Dharma – Hinduism
• Eight Fold-Path – Buddhism
• Ten Commandments – Judaism and
Christianity
• Five Pillars of Islam – Islam
D. Animism
West African
Griot
Animism
Animism
6. Beliefs:
a. Religion that believes that each object has its own
spirit and that ancestors watch over the living.
b. Polytheistic - Spirits are found in natural objects
(living and nonliving objects)
c. There is belief in a Supreme Being and in lesser
gods.
d. Obey the gods and follow tradition and you will be
rewarded with good harvests and many healthy
children.
e. Failure to follow traditions would anger the Gods
and result in hardships, crop failure, illness and
death.
Animism
7. Practices:
a. Prayers and ceremonies keep gods on
your side
b. Use of ceremonial masks as a way to
receive what the people want or need.
E. Hinduism
1. Founder - There is no one person who is
considered the founder of Hinduism. It is
believed that the Aryans and the people of the
Indus River Valley’s traditions formed the
foundation of Hindu beliefs.
Originals
Brahmins
Hinduism
Hinduism
6. Beliefs:
a. Polytheistic – Brahma is the Supreme
Being in the Hindu religion. Hindus believe
in millions of different gods and are
considered manifestations of the one god
Brahma. There are three main gods that
control the cycle of life:
Brahma- the creator
Vishnu- the preserver of life
Shiva- the destroyer
The Creator The Preserver of
Life
The Destroyer
How can Hinduism be
considered polytheistic
if they believe there is
one Supreme Being?
Hinduism
b. Moksha - In Hinduism, salvation is achieved
through a spiritual oneness of the soul with
the Brahma. To achieve this goal, the soul
must obtain Moksha, or liberation from the
endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
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