Download Terms and Definitions in the Study of World Religions and more Quizzes Introduction to Philosophy in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Founder of Christianity DEFINITION 1 Jesus- Joshua (hebrew) meaning savior "Christ"- meaninganointedone or mesiah Jesus and the 12 disciples began as a cult and developed into a sect Crucified by Rome TERM 2 Founder of Buddhism DEFINITION 2 Prince Siddhartha Gautama of Sakyas (the Budha) "Budh" meaning awake Died by eating bad, dry boars meat (thankful because he can enter nervana) TERM 3 Four Passing Sites DEFINITION 3 Old Man Sick Man Dead Man Monk TERM 4 Four Noble Truths DEFINITION 4 Life is suffering The cause of suffering is desire To end suffering, avoid desires To avoid desires follow the 8 fold path TERM 5 The 8 fold path DEFINITION 5 Right View Right Intention Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration * Middle way between path of desire and path of renunciation TERM 6 Three Jewels of the Budha (refuges) DEFINITION 6 Refuge in the Buddha Refuge in the Dharma (teachings) Refuge in the Sangha (community of monks) TERM 7 3 Marks of Existence DEFINITION 7 Impermanence-anica Existence in suffering (dukkha) No soul or atman *No sense of fixed identity, nothing lasts. TERM 8 Mahayana DEFINITION 8 Great Raft TERM 9 Theravada DEFINITION 9 Little Raft TERM 10 Nervana DEFINITION 10 To cool by blowing.Release of greed, hatred, and delusion.Buddha says it isunimaginable. TERM 21 Four Gospels in order DEFINITION 21 Matthew 70 C.E.Mark 65 C.E.Luke 70 C.E.John 90 C.E. TERM 22 Five Modes of Truth DEFINITION 22 Conventional- common knowledge Correspondence- proposition correctly refers to reality Coherence- relationship between facts, ideas, experiences and beliefs Contextual- Appear to be true depending on context Alethia- revelation, a light comes on TERM 23 Five Pillars of Islam DEFINITION 23 Shahadah- Unity of God/ Confessions of faith Prayer/Salat- 5x day, washing before Charity/Alms- 2 1/2% of everything Fasting/Ramadan- Birth of Qur'an, sundown meal Pilgrimidge/Hadj to Mecca TERM 24 3 Main branches of Christianity DEFINITION 24 Roman CatholicEastern OrthodoxProtestant TERM 25 Founder of Islam DEFINITION 25 Mohammed, meaning "highly praised" Born in 570 C.E. in Mecca TERM 26 Al Qur'an means DEFINITION 26 "recitation"revealed over 23 years by angel Gabriel TERM 27 Freud's 3 Functions of God DEFINITION 27 Exorcise the terrors of nature Reconcile us to the cruelty of fate Compensate us for our suffering TERM 28 What are the 6 characteristics of a symbol? DEFINITION 28 Points to something beyond itself Participates in that to which it points Opens new levels of reality or closeness Unlocks newdimensions& elements of our soul which corresponds w/ reality TERM 29 Four Qualities of Primal Religions DEFINITION 29 Small Orality Tied to geography Not conversion oriented TERM 30 Aristotle's two types of movement DEFINITION 30 Kinesis- physical Aeromenon- movement by desire TERM 31 Jewish Tetragrammaton DEFINITION 31 YHWHI am who I am becoming. TERM 32 Smith's two parts of the Comparative Study of Religion DEFINITION 32 History of religion/religions Comparing of other truths TERM 33 Founder of Hinduism DEFINITION 33 No founder (archaic)
