This document discusses several key aspects of the world's major religions:
- It lists the 7 major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
- It notes that religion can be both a unifying and divisive force within cultural groups.
- Religions have profoundly shaped cultures by defining moral standards, holidays, and influencing art, architecture, and other aspects of societies.
This document discusses several key aspects of the world's major religions:
- It lists the 7 major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
- It notes that religion can be both a unifying and divisive force within cultural groups.
- Religions have profoundly shaped cultures by defining moral standards, holidays, and influencing art, architecture, and other aspects of societies.
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This document discusses several key aspects of the world's major religions:
- It lists the 7 major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
- It notes that religion can be both a unifying and divisive force within cultural groups.
- Religions have profoundly shaped cultures by defining moral standards, holidays, and influencing art, architecture, and other aspects of societies.
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THAT CAUSE CONFLICT BETWEEN YOU AND OTHERS Terms Unit 5: Spread of Culture and Religion (A.D. 300–1000)
On the next slide are two maps. Are
they the same or different? Explain MIDDLE EAST The birthplace of monotheistic religions 7 major world religions • JUDAISM • CHRISTIANITY • ISLAM • HINDUISM • BUDDHISM • CONFUCIANISM • TAOISM Poly=many Mono=one Theism=worship god • POLYTHEISM • monotheism • COVENANT • PERSECUTE • FILIAL PIETY • CULTURE • REINCARNATION • MOSQUE 4 MORAL LAW BOOKS • TORAH-HOLY WRITING OF JUDAISM • VEDAS-MORAL LAW OF HINDUS • QUR’AN-MUSLIM HOLY LAWS • BIBLE-CHRISTIAN MORAL LAWS What characteristic defines you the most as a person? • RELIGION is the most significant element that binds a cultural group together. At the same time, religion can be the most divisive element within a group.
Religions have shaped cultures, especially in
their defining of moral standards, religious holidays, and the literature, art, and architecture which pervade those societies. From how people dress to how people greet one another, from what people eat to how people get married, from how people decide on a career to how people spend their money Judaism Islam Hinduism Buddhism Confucianism Taoism
Étienne Gilson, Armand Augustine Maurer, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies-Christian Philosophy - An Introduction-Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (1993) PDF