key issue 2 Flashcards
why do religions have different distributions?
universalizing religions have origins that
are precise places based on the events in the life of a man
ethnic religions have origins that
are unknown or unclear not tied to single historic individuals
origin of christianity
jesus
jesus
born and raised a jew in methlehem
preached the coming of god with four gospels who documented deeds tha jesus did
christians believe that jesus died to
atone for human sins. he was raised from dead by god and his resurrection provides people with hope for salvation
origin of islam
islam judaism and christianity all coinsider adam to be the first man and abraham to be one of his descendents
abraham’s story
he married sarah who had no children
then he maried hagar who had a son, ishmael
sarah then had ason, isaac
sarah banished ishmael and hagar
after they are banished, they wander through the arabian desert to mecca centuries later, ishmael’s descendent muhammad became the prophet of islam
jews and christians trace their story through
sarah and isaac
muslims trace their story through
hagar and ishmael
muhammad’s story
muhammad wa born in mecca
at age 40, angel gabriel delivers muhammad’s first relevation from god
the quran is a record of gods words through gabriel
he preached the truth that god revealed to him and suffered presecution.
god commanded him to emigrate and he migrated from mecca to yathrib on a journey called the hijra
after a few years, they returned and ma de islam mecca’s religion
how did sunni and shiite seperate
leadership dispute
origin of buddhism
founder was siddhartma guatama
guatama’s story
born in lumbini (nepal) his life changed after 4 trips 1 meets a decrepit old man 2 meets a disease ridden man 3 meets a corpse 4 meets a monk who teaches about withdrawal from he world
age 29, he left his palace and lived in a forest for 6 years. he emerged as buddha and preached his views across india
theravada
believe buddhism is a fulltime occupation
mahayana
less demanding buddhism
