NOTES
Ch6 religion
What is religion
science→how
relgion→ why
Religion-the belief in a superhuman controlling and a system of worship
All religion have
Hearth
Method of diffusion
Distribution
Cutural Landscape
Administration
Cosmogony-the relitionship between god, nature and myhtology
Religion influence
Population
Falimy size gender preference
Language
Holy languages
Politics
Theocracy
Economics
Pagan many gods as human people
Atheism-belief that no god exists
Agnosticism-we cant know exists or not
Diffusion of religion
hinduism
Ethnic relocation
Jew
Ethnic religion started in iraq moved to Israel
14 million people
Buda
Started in india
Spreaded through the silk road
Christanany
2.1 billion
Missionaries-trasmit through messages
Islam
Expantion ad conqest
Relocation and
Spreaded form mecca 1.5 billion
Oldest relegion
Existed before recorded
World third largest religion
Beliefs polytheism Belief in many gods Universal Spirt
Responsibile for what hapens
Humans have atman are traped in human body
Major gods
Vishsu
Shiva
Ganesha
Death-soul wants to rejoin
Each person has a Karma
Karma the balance between the good and evil deeds in ones lie
A destiny shaped by years of cause and effect
Caste-A social structure
Socail high archery
Dharma- your set of duties
Reincarnation- rebirth
top-Bhramin
buttom-Untouchables
Dead bodies are washed with water from the Ganges River and cremated
The Vedas-sacred text, epic poems and hymns
Pilgrimage as an act as purification
Pilgrimage-journey for religions places
Jews-4,000 years old
God made a covenant with Adraham
Slaves of Egypt, moses lead people out
Ancient text in hebrew
Monotheism-belief in one god
God is faithful
Hebrew god was more abstract and less human
Hebrew-all knowing, all powerful, and always just
Tanakh-Hebrew Bible
The Torah-basics of Law and Tradition
Talmud-rabbinic comm
Living Faithfully
Brit Milah
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Marriage
Death
Sacred space
In jersalem- The Temple
Western Wall
Holidays
Pass over
Christianity
4 bce
Based in judaism
Jesus-born in Bethlehem
Grew up, gained disciples,started teaching
Get betrayed and killed
Beliefs
Monotheistic
The holy Trinity
God
Jesus
Holly spirt
Each are seprate but one
Jesus=Fulfillment of Jewish prophecies
Jesus=son of God
Messiah, Savior
Full god and fully human
Message Love Peace and forgivness
Jessus died for human sin
3 days later rose again
Resurrected-went to heaven
Will Return and resurrect the dead believers
Literature
Bible
Old Testement-Jewish
New Testament-Gospels, Episles
Multiple translations
Advest
Christmas
Easter
Lent
Pentecost
Roman CATHOlic
Catholic
Orthodox
Protestant
ASIGNMENT 1
Christianity-
Israil jesus died on the cross and people liked that
Islam-a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
Israil
Judaism-follow almost 200 laws and do sheep sicifices to get to heaven
Israil
Hinduism-The existence of God or supreme being is not directly asserted, nor considered relevant by the Samkhya philosophers
India
Buddhism-be reborn and later become a god?
India
Kinda of christainity but have not finding the community
Asignment 2
How does each religion represent the different kinds of diffusion?
Coverstion-Christianity
Travel- Buddhism
Ethnic relocation-jew, hendu
What are the other geographic components that affected the diffusion?
Major cites, ages like discovery and Digital, and biomes like desert, arctic are harder to spread and woodlands, plains, etc are easier to spread.
What is a basic definition of diffusion?
How religion spreeds
Ch. 6 Religion WebQuest Activity AP HuG – Mr. Varley
The Global Religious Landscape
Directions: Go to the LPS website (www.lps.org). In the LPS search bar (Keyword/Profile/Search) on the right hand side of the page enter in ‘RHPH’. It will ask you if you would like to leave the LPS webpage, click ‘Continue to Link’. You will be doing a webquest on religions throughout the globe. Just in case the jump code doesn’t work, here is the web address: http://www.pewforum.org/2012/12/18/global-religious-landscape-exec/ . This will be due Tuesday, November 19th. You can write your answers on a separate piece of paper, in a word document, or share it with me in google docs.
Review
What type of map is directly under the heading ‘The Global Religious Landscape’?
Economic resource map
Answer the questions as you read.
How many religious adherents are there throughout the world? What do you think this says about human beings and religion?84% or 5.8 billion they want another life after they die or afterlife.
According to the reading/pie chart, what are the top three religions and their percentage of the global population? cristaintiy-31%mus-23%no relgion16%
How many people have no religious affiliation? Do you think this number will grow or decline in the future? Why?one billion two hundred thirty-two million, Increasing because of gobal population increase.
What religions are heavily concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region?
Hendu :3
6. Look at the ‘Majority Religion, by Country’ choropleth map. List three observations that you notice about this map. Africa-christain europe- christains other relgion- asia
7. Which religious group has the lowest median age? Musliums Why do you think this is?
A lot more decaded
8. Go to the “Roadmap to the Report’ section. Choose one of the religions below it and click on the corresponding link (i.e. Christians or Muslims or …). jews
a. Look at the proportional map and list the areas of the world where that religion is located from highest to lowest
High-north america
2-middle east
3-Europe
4-South America
5-Asia Parsific
low-Africa
List one interesting fact that you read about or one question that you have after reading and looking at the charts.
Jew are mostly in North America, proply from the wars in the Middle East
After we go through the notes together answer the following question in a text box or word doc.
Describe the ways that Hinduism and might be influenced by:
the physical environment-hILLY AND LUSH SO THE RIVERS ARE VALUED
Population-made it very fast growing
Migration-made it very fast growing
Language-made it harder to spreed
Describe the ways that and Judaism might be influenced by:
the physical environment-DESERT, surrounded by enemies so it kept them is one place
Population-many them very nomatic
Migration-Conqest is popular in their religion
Language- people who did not know hebrew does not join the religion
Popular Culture-no work on sundays
cRISTIANITY
ECO-hArd TO SPREad
Pop-small pop
Migra- move to rome because it is the epiccenter of the world
Lag-only the rich people knew the book
pop culture-caflic made a calender and we celebrate christmas