World Religions Unit 1

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Religious Man

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Reference to Eliade where human beings lived in a “sacralized world” and their world view was within their own specific mythology. It contrasts to the “modern man” where individuals are skeptical of the mythologies and it has left men “unoriented” with no sense of who they are, where they came from, why they are here, and they should live and act as well as where they are headed

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Ruether

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Wrote about 3 creation stories including the Babylonian one. Connected threads of stories, influences social messages and Christian theology and cosmology

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Torah

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Moses, Pentareuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

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Gospel of Thomas

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114 sayings, seek knowledge, self-awareness, generates conflict

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Shinto

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Shin (divine being), do (way) = “The Way of Divine Beings”

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Veda 10:72

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Hindu creation story

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Matthew 28

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Gave instructions for baptism to spread out and baptize people

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Varnashramadarma

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one’s social duties depending on one’s caste and stage in life

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Communitas

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Creation of a community where everyone is equal or the spirit of

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Etic

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an outsider perspective

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Emic

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an insider perspective

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Enuma Elish

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Babylonian creation story where governments were set up

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Gnosticism

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based on the search for knowledge, finding the most pure knowledge whereas traditionally placing faith in front of knowledge

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Upanishad 1.4

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Creation story in Hinduism. How animals were formed and how women were created. Gender-neutral

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Romans 6

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Letter to the church from Paul to renew faith while he was visiting Rome. All about baptism and a literal connection with Christ

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Gill

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Wrote on rituals and gave examples from Hopi

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Gikuyu

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Example of Axis Mundi with the mountain

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Axis Mundi

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A vertical structure that connects the higher divine realm with the lower, ordinary realm that allows for communication between human and the divine

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Canon

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Accepted books that made it to the current bible. They are thought to be authoritative, consistent, “inspired”, direct communication from Jesus.

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Orthodox

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in the terms of the accepted teachings

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Brit

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“covenant of circumcision” *Gen 17:10-14

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Garuda Purana

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deity who appears as half-human, half-bird, always portrayed with Vishnu (preserver of the universe), Ancient story about God. Garuda asks of Vishnu, “What do you do when someone’s dying?”

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Van Gennep

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Ethnographer that describes the three phases of initiation

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Eliade

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Argues that modern people, without myths and rituals, have a real problem – there is no sacred space, no meaning = existential problem

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Heirophany

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Manifestation of the sacred by Physical or appearance means

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Qur'an 7

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Wall between heaven and hell. Adam and eve blamed equally. Similar to Genesis. There is a specific mandate of dress in the text. Genesis says the world was created in day and night and the quran says in night and day.

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Heterodox

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Different set of teachings than the ones that are accepted

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Purusha

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Cosmic man out of which the world is made in the Vedic texts

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Samsara

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cycle of life, death, rebirth (atman – soul)

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Victor Turner

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Wrote in the 1960s and 1970s about ritual and to him it was not the guardian of status uo or way of making social consensus, but more subversive and creative.

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Evangelical

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Rose after they wanted to increase church attendance since there was a marked decline. They wanted to spread good news. So instead of a rigid hierarchy, it became the more engaging and boisterous pastors that got attention

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"Blueprint" for society

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Primary texts provide instructions for our daily lives with the interpretation of the texts.

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Perennial

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Religions all share something

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Theophany

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Manifestation of a diety in spirit

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Nag Hammadi

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Where the gnostic texts were discovered

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Liminality

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Not integrated back in the broader community, but also not yet initiated into the smaller community

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Matthew 3

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John the Baptist was saying everyone needs to be baptized. It showed the importance of the ritual enstilled with the holy spirit emulating the divine. (Jesus did this/son of God did this.)

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Veda 10.90

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Creation of the universe according to Hinduism. Man had a thousand heads. On Earth, we can only see 25%. Mouth became Brahmin, arms became warrior, thigh became people, and from feet came servants.

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Smart 4 virtues of studying religion

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a. Bracket Assumptions
b. Informed Empathy
c. Historical/Contextual Imperative
d. Symbolic Sensitivity

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Pagels 3 Gnostic approaches to the divine mother

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a. “Indescribable” (22) as both genders, or no gender, or described interchangeable in either gender
b. As the Holy Spirit, a 3rd part of the Trinity
Ruah – breath, spirit - See quote p. 23
c. As Sophia – wisdom (24)

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4 functions of ritual

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a. Orients to sacred space and time
b. Connects to the divine
c. Connects to the larger community
d. Includes the body as an instrument for religion

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3 kinds of ritual

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a. Lifecycle
b. Special Occasion
c. Calendar

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Van Gennep's 3 initiation rites stages

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a. Separation – Separated from larger to smaller community
b. Transition – Leaves community until rites of passage are complete
c. Re-aggregation – Initiate rejoins community