5.3 HuGeo Q3: Religions : diffusion and groupings

5.3 HuGeo Q3: Religons: diffusion and groupings

Religion

• The US Constitution and the International Declaration of Human Rights both declare that we have the right to a religion, to change religions, or to have no religion.

• There are thousands of religions world-wide. Each gets respect.

• Today we look at THE BIG 5 world-wide religions.

How the 5 major religions of the world spread ...

• This video shows diffusion of the big 5

• These religions have written texts, places of worship, a founder (except Hinduism), places of origin, rituals, holidays / celebrations

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How many major world religions are there?

• two

• three

• five

• six

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Vocabulary:

When we study faith/beliefs/religions, there are different ways to group them. This Quizizz has a TON of vocabulary about religions and different ways we group them.

• ethnic religions: tied to a specific place

• universalizing religions: open to anyone

• monotheistic religions: belief in one God

• polytheistic religions: belief in many gods

• proselytizing religions: encouraging others to join your religion

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Vocabulary

Higher power in a religion. For example a God or god/goddess.

• deity

• creed or book

• place to pray

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Vocabulary:

groupings (how many deities?)

monotheistic religions

• mono = one

• theistic = belief in the existence of a god or gods.

• of the 5 big religions, 3 are monotheistic

• Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are monotheistic religions

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Vocabulary:

groupings (how many deities?)

polytheistic religions

• poly: many or much

• theistic: belief in the existence of a god or gods.

• of the 5 big religions, 2 are polytheistic

• polytheistic religions are less clear-cut with respect to gods or God

• Hinduism and Buddhism are often categorized as polytheistic.

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What is polytheism?

• belief in one god

• belief in more than one god

• belief in no god

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3 of the major world religions are monotheistic.

Which 3 are they?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

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What is the polytheistic religion in India?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Hinduism

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Buddhism is neither monotheistic nor polytheistic.

• Buddhism is a religion lacking the idea of a unique creator God.

• Buddhism is a spiritual path based on the teachings of the Buddha.

• In Buddhism, each individual is responsible for their own spiritual awakening.

• Buddhism is often studied together with Hinduism because they both originated in India.

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A polytheistic religion. India’s 1st major religion. Believed to be the first organized and codified religion known to mankind.

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Hinduism

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Vocabulary: another grouping is about proselytizing.

Does the religion look for and/or accept new members?

What word means to convert someone to a faith, belief or cause; to work with someone to change their religion to yours?

• pray

• proselytize

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Vocabulary: grouping religions

proselytizing or non-proselytizing religions

• proselytizing religions accept / convert people from one religion or belief system to theirs

• The three religions that are proselytizing religions, seeking more members actively are: Christianity, Islam and some say Buddhism.

• Hinduism is not proselytizing and you cannot convert. You must be born into Hinduism.

• Judaism accepts converts but does not proselytize.

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Vocabulary: another way to group religions

Ethnic or Universal

• UNIVERSAL Religions are global, appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one culture or location

• Ethnic Religions are tied primarily to one group of people living in one place.

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Examples of ethnic religions

• We studied animism. Animistic religions are called ethnic. Ethnic religions are tied to a specific place/people. Hmong religion is exclusive to Hmong people.

• Hinduism is an ethnic religion. It is tied to a place (South Asia) and people cannot convert. You must be born into Hinduism.

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A religion that attempts to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world.

• Ethnic Religion

• Universal religion

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Ethnic religions

For some religions/faiths, you really need to born into them. Members are usually welcomed into the faith at birth. For some of these, there is no proselytizing or conversion.

• Universal

• Ethnic

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These religions are tied closely to a particular culture and ethnic heritage; it is part of an identity, not simply a belief system. Includes indigenous (native) religions

• Universal

• Ethnic

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Examples of big universal religions.

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

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Which are ethnic religions?

• Hmong religion, Judaism, and Hinduism.

• Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.

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EXAMPLES: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism

• Universal

• Ethnic

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Traditionally, has a founder (Abraham, Buddha, Christ, Mohamed)

• Universal

• Ethnic

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Religious holidays tend to revolve around important dates of the religion’s founder such as their birth and death.

• Universal

• Ethnic

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Is open to any culture or ethnicity who is willing to accept the doctrine, teachings, and beliefs of the religion.

• Universal

• Ethnic

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One that attempts to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world.

• Ethnic Religion

• Universalizing religion

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In conclusion, Human Geography groups relgions in order to understand the big ideas they contain. How do we group them?

• Monotheistic or Polytheistic

• Universal or Ethnic

• Proselytizing or non-proselytizing

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