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39 Cards in this Set
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Where did Jesus first live?
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Judaea
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What was the Roman take on other religions?
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They said you could practice your own religion, but also had to be loyal to Rome
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Why were the Jew discontent, and what did they need?
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They needed a savior, discontent between different sects
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Who was the king at this time?
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Herod
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When Jesus was 28...
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He came out and started to preach, teach, and (maybe) heal the sick
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He did this for 3/4 years then...
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Was arrested and executed
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What were his teachings?
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Fatherhood of God (God=parental figure), golden rule, forgive and love your enemies, repay evil w/ good, self denial, condemnation hyposcrisy and greed, opposition to ceremonialism, the iminent approach of God (God will happen soon), belief in resurrection of the dead
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Where are these teachings found?
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In the 4 Gospels
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Who was Paul and what did he do?
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He was a Jew who converted into Christianity, he called Jesus the "man-God", he thought men and women were sinners by nature. spread Christianity
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How did Christianity become so big?
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1. Composite religion (composed of other traditions)
2. Admitted women 3. Christians suffered from persecution, they set a powerful example b/c people died for it 4. Christians taught that is was easier to get to heaven if you were poor. |
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What is the date when the Roman Empire fell?
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476 C.E
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What was the next empire?
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Barbarian (non-latin speaking)
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What was the first reason Rome might have fallen?
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Imperalism: Romans used their military too much and used up resources, more class divisions b/c they enslaved ppl they conquered, attitude shift people became greedy
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What is the second reason?
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Revolution in economic and social conditions: $ went out of circulation, decline of industry jobs lost, growth in surfdom
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What are three other reasons?
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Soil exhausted, series of plauges, social stigma attached to working
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What is a Muslim?
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A person who is conciously and solemnly whittenessing "there is no god but god, and Muhammad is the profit of god."
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What two things do you have to live by that statement with?
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Action and belief
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Islam is neither...
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ethnocentric nor sacramental
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Do you have to be born into Islam?
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No
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Why did God create human kind?
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For a purpose, to fullfill their ethical vocation
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What is a Khalifah?
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Someone who acts for God
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How does Islam view original sin different from Christianity?
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The think you are born innocent.
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What problems does Islam have w/ Judaism?
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Chosen people, places in Jewish scripture where God is plural
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What problems does Islam have w/ Christianity?
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Christians said Jesus was a mesiah, Muslims just as a prophet
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What city was Islam founded?
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Mecca
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What is the "story"?
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Muhammad was 40 when things started to be revealed by the angel Gabriel
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Who was the first convert?
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Muhammad's wife
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Then were did they go?
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From Mecca to Medina, then they gathered a group and went back to Mecca
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What are the 5 Pillars?
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1. A profession of faith
2. His worship 3. Wealth sharing, charity 4. Fasting, during Ramadan 5. The hajj (pilgramidge to Mecca) |
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What does "Islam" come from?
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"To submit to God"
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What does "Medina" mean?
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"the city of the Prophet"
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What does the Quran teahc?
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that God is all-powerfull and compassionate, and that people are responsible for their own actions
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What does "sunna" mean?
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To follow the custom of the community
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What did the Sufis use to communicate w/ God?
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Meditation, fasting, and other rituals
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What are 4 factors of Muslim success?
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1. Weakness of the Byzantine and Persian empires
2. Arab's bold fighting methods 3. Common faith Muhammad had established 4. Rulers made good discisions |
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In the Muslim Empire, how did they treat Christians, Jews, and Zoroastians that were conquered?
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Let them follow their own faith and laws
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What is Baghdad's title?
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"City of Peace, Gift of God, Paradise on Earth"
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Compare and contrast Hinduism and Islam?
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Hindu's recognized many sacred texts and prayed before statues representing many gods and goddesses. Islam was a newer faith with a single text, monotheistic, and who saw the statues in Hindu temples as false gods
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What did Islam try to say about Hinduism?
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That behind their many gods was one (not true)
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