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List 3 examples of sacred texts.
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- Tripitaka
- Qu'ran - Torah |
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List 2 examples of rite of passage rituals.
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- Bar mitzvah
- Baptism |
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Outline the nature of the Dreaming in relation to sacred sites.
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- Inextricably connected to the land = the land is the physical medium through which the Dreaming is lived and communicated.
- Sacred sites have a special significance for particular Abo groups = they are connected w. different events in the Dreaming. - Particular groups of Abos have special responsibilities to care for and learn from these sites (eg: carrying out prescribed rituals such as balance rites). |
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List 3 examples of transcendent worldviews.
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- Islam
- Christianity - Judaism |
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What is common to all religions?
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Believers
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Discuss an immanent religious worldview.
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- Looks for presence of God/s within each individual/human being's existence in the day to day concerns of life.
- Belief in divine powers or beings within the individual. - Belief in human and earthly spirituality. - Look for salvation from within; you need to find yourself salvation. - Focus on the presence of God/s. It's not a literal God like Christianity. |
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List the 5 religious traditions.
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- Christianity
- Judaism - Islam - Buddhism - Hinduism |
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Define religion
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The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
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Give an example of a supernatural manifestation.
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Miracles
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Appreciate the contribution of religion to individuals
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- Awareness of our inner dimension = spirit.
- Religion acts to remember the presence of spiritual life that underpins and empowers the material world. - Helping with the fundamental questions of identity, purpose and meaning in life and death. - Provides guidelines and rules through which one can live one's life to the spiritual betterment of oneself and to the cultural benefit of others. |
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Appreciate the contribution of religion to society and culture.
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- Theology
- Philosophy - Art - Literature - Architecture Serve a clearly devotional purpose. |
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Outline the unique features of Therevada.
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- "School of the elders"
- Developed when Siddhartha was still alive (approx. 2500yrs ago) - South-east Asia. - Only men can become enlightened. - Enlightenment is brought about through meditation. - Meditation and the doing of good works bring about an increase in prajna. |
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Outline the unique features of Mahayana.
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- "The Greater Vehicle"
- Developed a few hundred years after the death of Siddhartha. - Northern Asia. - Recognises that he is one of many Buddhas who existed either in the past or within different universes. |
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Outline the unique features of Vajrayana.
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- "Thunderbolt".
- "Diamond way" - Came about through the adoption of local religious beliefs and customs. - Started from 700AD - 1500AD. - Tibet - Nepal - Tibetan Buddhism = led by Dahli Lama. - Work for enlightenment of all beings. |
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Outline the 1st Noble Truth.
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- About suffering.
- All aspects of a human's life contain elements of suffering. - Dukkha - the experience of the loss of happiness, of pain and illness, of death, and of sense of never being satisfied. |
