Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems Activity, Schemes and Mind Maps of World History

Download Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems Activity and more Schemes and Mind Maps World History in PDF only on Docsity! Performance Task for First Grading Period Theme: Religions Comparative Analysis 1. Identify the positive and the negative effects of religions (Judaism, Christianity & Islam). Give at least three positive and negative effects of it. Answer: Three Positive Effects of Judaism - Helped strengthened the idea of Monotheism in later religions like Christianity and Islam. - Helped strengthened human rights and the idea that slaves deserve human rights. - A rest day on the 7 days of the week helped the condition of the working class. Three Positive Effects of Christianity - Protestant Reformation helped spread ideas of liberty and freedom. - Challenged the militaristic and oppressive nature of the Roman Empire - Provided education and literacy to the poor provided they joined the clergy during the middle ages. Three Positive Effects of Islam - Helped advanced the cause of science and learning during the Islamic Golden Age. - Islamic empires are known for tolerating and letting their subjects who do not adhere to Islam to worship in peace as long as they pay the special tax (Jizya). - Translated the ancient greek texts ranging from philosophy from plato to greek science to Arabic that in turn Christian Europe translated to Latin that helped facilitated the Renaissance. Three Negative Effects of Judaism - The Jewish people known for dominating the financial economies of Europe for many centuries because the Catholic Church banned charging interest on loans because it considered Usury as a sin. - The Torah is considered too old and needs some revision to the modern world, like its harsh stance on homosexuality. - Judaism is known to be highly patriarchal. Three Negative Effects of Christianity - The Catholic Church encouraged trials on heresy and witchcraft in Europe during the middle ages. - The Catholic Church initiated the military campaigns of the Crusades against the Islamic empires in the middle east and the pagans of northern europe. - The Catholic Church as a consequence of the Inquisition harmed the progress of science and knowledge it deemed heretical to theological beliefs held by the church as seen in Galileo’s case. Three Negative Effects of Islam - Islam, despite being a religion advocating peace. Unfortunately has some believers that has strayed away from their religious’ beliefs and launched terror attacks on various national governments harming innocent civilians in the process. - Islamic empires practiced monogamy which is legal for muslims, because of this system resulted in many sons for one ruler which stirred trouble for nearly every succession because the brothers will fight amongst themselves for the throne simply because they do not share the same mother. - A majority of Islamic countries in the modern world have laws that are highly conservative such as the death penalty on homosexuality. 1. Justify that religion (Judaism, Christianity & Islam) can have positive or negative effects on our society. Answer: Choose one or two religion base on our discussion for this Third Quarter Period Christianity helped transformed the old feudal society into the modern one. The rise of Protestantism in Europe, with the help of the invention of the printing press. Rapidly accelerated literacy and the Bible was translated to the common vernacular rather than Latin helped reached the Bible reach the masses. And the Protestant ideology challenging the Feudal and Autocratic order of Europe helped the growth of modern democracy.