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69 Cards in this Set
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What are the five officially recognized religions in China today?
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Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism, Taoism
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How did the ancient Chinese practice ancestor veneration
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Through, Filial piety it is the concept of remaining loyal to parents as their child
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How did they practice divination
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Fortune telling
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Identify Confucius and Mencius and the main themes of the respective teaching
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Confucius: teacher of the the Tao. Chinese teacher.
Mencius: Chinese philosopher. They both wanted the same thing. |
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Who is the perfectly holy teacher of antiquity
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Confucius
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Who is the second stage
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Mencius
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And what kind of social and political context did they live and work
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Both Councled .
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How were they similarly successful and similarly unsuccessful
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Both traveled around and taught
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How are they venerated
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Elaborate funeral rites
Extensive mourning rituals Continuing rituals long after mourning |
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Explain Confucius' interest in ancient studies
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He was a learner and a teacher and wanted to make the world a better place.
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Identify the Confucian project
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The task of becoming a fully human community
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Identify the following Confucian concepts: Jen/Ren, Li, Hsiao/xiao, te/de, wen, the chun tzu/junzi, and the mandate from heaven
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Chun Tzu/junzi: the mature or superior person (literally, "the son of the prince" or "princeling," traditionally rendered into English as, "the gentleman".
Jen/Ren: human-heartedness, compassion Li: propriety, ritual Hsiao/Xiao: filial piety Te/De: the power of moral example Wen: arts of peace, culture |
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Explain the rectification of names
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means by which things were either to be called their correct names (that is, the name corresponding to behaviour), or people are meant to live up to the name that they have.
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Identify the following Confucian writings: I Ching (Yijing), the analects
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I Ching: Book of changes
Analects:"pure" ethical teachings of a humanistic Chinese sage "Confucius" |
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Identify the five relationships and the 10 attitudes
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Ruler and subject: benevolence and loyalty
Parent and child: kindness and filial piety Husband and wife: righteousness and obedience Elders and juniors in the family: gentility and humility Elders and juniors in the society: humaneness and deference |
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Explain why you do or do not think Confucius was religious
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Yes. He may not be religious like the westerners are used to.
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Explain Mencius' original heart (true heart) and it's four tendencies
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Compassion (show)
Shame (show) Courtesy (or respect) (show) Right and wrong (know from) |
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Explain why you agree or disagree with Mencius that all human beings are originally good
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I agree. Because I don't believe people are born bad.
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What are the three types or classifications of Taoism
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Philosophical
Vitalist Religious |
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What are the three meanings of the word Tao
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The way of alternate reality
The way of the universe The way a human being should order his or her individual life |
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Identify Lao Tzu/Laozi and Chuang Tzu/Zhaungzi
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Lao Tzu/Laozi: personified as dao. Pure one.
Chuang Tzu/Zhaungzi: influential Chinese philosopher |
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Identify the Tao Te Ching/Daodejing and the Chuang Tzu/Zhuangzi
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Tao Te Ching: foundational text of Taoist philosophy and religion.
Chuang Tzu: it is the 2nd most important text in Taoist philosophy. |
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Who dreamt that he was a butterfly and what was the meaning of that dream
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Chuang Tzu/Mencius
Didn't know if he was a man dreaming he was a butterfly of a butterfly dreaming he was a man. All things are relative. |
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Explain the meaning of the yin Yang symbol, as well as the Dragon/Tiger symbolism
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Yin yang: opposite energies
Dragon/Tiger: Dragon: is a female Tiger: is male |
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Explain these Taoist beliefs: selflessness; te/de; the relativity of all values; the reversion of all things; wu Wei
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Union with the tao by selflessness
the reversion of all things the relativity of all values De:is power Wei: actionless action, pure effectiveness, creative quiet |
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What does water symbolize for taoists
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It's the softest of all things, yet it is able to cut deeply into rock hard surfaces.
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Identify the ways of vitalist Taoists sought longevity or immortality
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Alchemy
Disciplines of breathing Sexual practices Diet Bodily disciplines Charms and talismans Help for immortals Meditations: 5 stages: stilling the body, stilling the mind, concentrating, emptying the mind, merging with the Tao. Moral behavior |
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Explain the practice and purpose of Chinese alchemy (and it's elixir of life), vitalist Taoist breathing disciplines (and womb breathing), vitalist Taoist sexual discipline
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Alchemy: the making of metals into gold and helping people to not be sick
Breathing: it also helped improve your life Sexual: was because it helped improve life |
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What is ch'i/qi
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Cosmic energy and one's vital energy
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What is a hsien/xian
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An immortal being
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How is hsien/Xian represented in Taoist art
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Hsien/xian: an immortal being
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Identify the three pure ones
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Jade Emperor
Lao Tzu/ Laozi Ling Pao/Lingbao |
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Explain the function of the stove/kitchen God
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Heats stove with fire. To be able to cook
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What are the two main functions of the Taoist priests
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Performing liturgies and rituals of guidance and protections (especially rites of passage)
Exorcisms |
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What is feng shui
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Flow or balance of energies
Wind (feng) water (shui) |
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What is qigong
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"Breath practice" for healing purposes
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Identify Fallon gong/dafa, it's three principles, it's purpose and practices, and the two designs of its symbol
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Great law – wheel practice
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Of what is the swastika an ancient and universal symbol
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A symbol of prosperity and good fortune
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What are the Abrahamic religions
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Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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Approximately how many Jews are in the world today and what percentage of the worlds population is Jewish
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14 million
1/10 of 1% |
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In what two countries do more than 80% of Jews live
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Israel and USA
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How many Jews perished in the Holocaust (Shoah)
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6 million
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What are these Jewish writings: the Torah; the Tanakh , the Mishnah, and the Talmud
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Torah ("law" "teaching")
Tanakh acronym of Torah Mishnah "(repetition") Talmud ("teaching") |
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What are the three parts of the Tanakh (in English)
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Torah
Nevi'im Kethubim |
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What is midrash
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"Inquiry" into what scripture does not quite say what means, interpretation and supplementation of Scripture
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How does God and why does God created the heavens and the earth in Jewish tradition
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The image of G-d
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Is the meaning of these two Latin phrases: creatio ex nihilo; imago dei
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Creation out of nothing
Image of G-d |
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The fruit of what tree is forbidden Adam and Eve and Eden and why
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Apple because they were trying to hide their nakedness
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According to Novak, what are Judaism's two big ideas
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The idea of one God
The idea of human dignity |
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Who are Abraham, Moses, and David
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Abraham: first Jew
Moses: took out of Egypt David: King |
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What are the three covenants in the Torah and their three parts
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G-d and Noah (representing all humankind)
G-d and Abraham (representing the jewish people) G-d and the Jewish people (represented by Moses) |
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How many commandments are given to the Jews in the Torah
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613
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How many are given to Gentiles
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7
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What is the decalogue
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The 10 Commandments
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Identify the Sabbath, the high holy days, Rosh hashanah , Yom Kippur, Passover and Purim
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Sabbath: day of rest
High holy days: days of awe Rosh hashanah: head of the year Yom kippur: Day of atonement Purim: book of Esther Pesach: passover. Jewish holiday commemorating the exodus from Egypt |
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Does God's special name YHWH (Yahweh) express
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G-d's name is revealed to Moses
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What does the Hebrew term yeshuah indicate about salvation
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"Deliverance" "salvation" from root verb meaning "make wide"
Delivering Jews into salvation |
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Who is the Messiah and what do Jews tend to believe about him
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That he/she will make the world a better place
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What is central to the notion of a prophet in the Tanakh
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A prophet sees what others don't
A prophet speaks for G-d |
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In what three stages did the office of profit evolve
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G-d exists
G-d providence is real The soul is immortal |
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What is kashrut
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Jewish dietary laws
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What are some major examples of foods that are kosher and not kosher
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Kosher:
"Fit" Not kosher: Quadrupeds that do not chew the cud and had a split hoof like pigs |
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What is the significance of matrilineal decent, the kippah (or yarmulka), the shekinah
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Matrilineal descent: one is born a Jew if one's mother is Jewish
Kippah: Jewish skullcap. Knowing g-d is above you. Shekinah: god's presence. |
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Who are the Ashkenazic and shephardic Jews
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Ashkenazic: from Central and Eastern Europe
Sephardic: drives from Spanish. From Iberia, Mediterranean and middle east |
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What are the four major ways that Jews are grouped in the world today
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Reform
conservative Orthodox reconstructionist |
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Which group is the largest in the United States
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Reform 41%
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Who are the Haredim
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super religious orthodox
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What happens ca. 587 B.C.E., in 70 CE
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Ca. 587 to 538: exile in Babylon
Ca 515 B.C.E. – 70 CE: second (Harod's) Temple is standing in Jerusalem Ca. 70 CE: Romans destroyed Jerusalem (and its Temple) |
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What is the significance of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall
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Last standing wall of a fallen temple.
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