Religion Final Exam Flashcards

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Babylonian Captivity

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the kingdom of judah got captured by Babylonians because they didn’t listen to God telling them not to sacrifice children. THEN the Babylonians get captured and set Judah free from captivity.

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Bodhisattva

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People qualified to enter nirvana, but remain on this plane to help others.

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Bourgeoise

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Class of individuals who primarily rule through ideology, and social elites, own the means of production, the ability to control the capital, and are exploiters of labor.

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Buhhda

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Deserted his family, first to find enlightenment. Present moment & acceptance.

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Confirmation

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Commitment part of baptism

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Eliade

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Against reductionism, like phenomenology. Big idea: sacred and profane.

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Exorcism

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worthy of exorcism if: 1. Superhuman strength, 2. Fluency in the ancient language, 3. Knowledge of private matters.

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Freud

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The Father of psychoanalysis, unconscious brain, and the superego, claimed religion was like neurosis.

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Girard

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The sacred and violence are inseparable. Discovered mimetic desire.

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Heirophany

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manifestation of the dine, and awareness of the sacred.

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Jesus Christ

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son of god, promised messiah, the only path for gentiles to the one god.

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Jinn

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Created by the god of fire, dwell in abandoned places. Main part of the Islamic religion. Some good, neutral, and bad, Muslims.

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Kabbalah

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From Judaism, new age, open to anyone mystical, self-help.

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Last rites

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Priests administer accommodation of soul to god. Helps resist satan and temptations

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Liminality

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Period of transition in separation, transition and resegregation.

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Lord Yama

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Lord of death in Hinduism

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Lumpen-proletariat

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The under-class of individuals who lack consciousness are drug dealers, drug addicts, and criminals.

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Moksha

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Represents the liberation for the Samsara (reality, circle of birth and death)

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Office of the dead

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Recited at funeral mass and death anniversary

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Oral Torah

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preserved by literacy and learning, used to explain the torah (important!)

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Phenomenology

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used against reductionism, bracketing belief of supernatural powers, and insistent on using empathy to enter into experiences and intentions of religious partners.

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Profane

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The realm of everyday events and activities.

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Proletariat

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Class of individuals who are wage earners, only own their labor (bodies of instruments)

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Rites of passage

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marks transition from one stage of social life to another. Argues that the sacred is not absolute but relative to particular circumstances.

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Sacred

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everyone has a concept of the sacred, first dates meaningful events

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Smart

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creator of the phenomenological method. Said to be the best way to avoid reductionism and advocacy

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Sociology

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Some concepts cannot be quantified. Problem with using for religion illiteracy and innumeracy

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Sola Scriptura

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It is problematic to only use the bible as a guide to life.

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29
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Soul sleep

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When we die, we remain in our graves until judgment

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30
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Sunni

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removal of all western ideologists is their #1 priority.

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Ultimate concern

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A concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of the meaning of life.

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32
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Weber

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sociologist methodist, connecting ideal-types to capitalism.

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33
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Wohpe

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White buffalo calf women/ Buffalo woman (killed man who tried to rape her)

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34
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Nation of islam

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spread by Malcolm x

literal English interpretation of the Quran, no Hadith

Beliefs:
- Blacks were the first people to be created
- whites rebellion after being created, made them into blue eye devils, whose only goal was to destroy black race
- white Americans can be saved by converting to islam

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Saint Pual

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non-Jewish Christianity survives because of him

had Roman citizenship

disciple of Gamaliel

saw Jesus on the way to Demosas and then converted to Christianity.

Creates Pauline Christianity and writes most accounts of the era. Incredibly important

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Theravada

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Buddhists who advocate the ascetic life to attain enlightenment

37
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Punishment of the grave

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when you die, you’ll feel every aspect of decay

38
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Chinese Exclusion Acts

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Chinese are not allowed in the United states. Just didn’t want chinese.

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Christian anthropology

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catholic notion of how the human exists and is. Does Not accept transgenders. What sexuality is and how sexuality is portrayed publicly.

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Chrysanthemum

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symbol for sun god (emperor of japan) shinto religion, in japan.
gave warriors power to destroy enemies

41
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Chumash

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first 5 books of the Torah with interpretation with it. And commentaries from historical rabbbis

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Doctors of the Church

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peoples whose teachings are really important, answer important questions

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Essenes

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first-century Judaism, monastic group. Believes the messiah is going to return. Existing same-time Sadducees and Pharisees. John the baptist and Jesus came from these people.

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Gentlemen’s agreement of 1906

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agreement between japan and united states regarding Japanese immigration to the mainland, could only go to Hawaii.

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Hadith

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needed to understand the quran

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3 righteous kings of israel, when the messiah comes along will have attributes of these 3:

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King Josiah, King Hezekiah, King david.

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Quranists

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you shouldn’t take any other part of the quran to influence your religion. Only the Quran has no hadith.

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Punishment of the grave

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when you die, you’ll feel every aspect of decay, islam

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Saladfi/wahhab

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one of the branches of islam, not mainline, fundamentalist tallabain. Osama bin laden. Want to restore islam

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Saracen

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people without sarah

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Surah

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any chapter in the quran

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Talmud

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part of the oral tradition, can’t understand tanakh without this,

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Tanakh

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Jewish bible

54
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The Destruction of the Second Temple

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18 AD. romans sacked the temple, kill jews and send into exile

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The Liturgy of the hours

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Prayer of the church, divine office

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The divine office

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Liturgy of the hours, 9 prayers a day

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The kingdom of Israel(Northern Kingdom)

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taken in captivity

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The kingdom of Judah(southern Kingdom)

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not taken into captivity.

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VIshnu

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god of preservation in hindu well known deity

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Buffalo Bull Ceremony

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rite of passage for women’s puberty. Have to fulfill rituals or won’t be considered a woman. Throws ball at end.

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Angel Gabriel

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tied to Islam and Christianity, find in Islam. Through the angel Gabriel that the Quran is giving to Muhammad

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Arabic

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sacred language language of islam

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Hebrew

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Israel and Jews.

Maimonides wrote in Hebrew

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Isaac

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son of Abraham

65
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Ishmael

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prophet mahammad’s traits lineage back to.

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Maimonides

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Jewish philosopher and theologist

67
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Orientalism:

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Idea created by the west regarding the near middle east asia, palestine islam.

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prothero

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professor of religion

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Sadducees

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Judaism, priests, destroyed.went to imperial governer wanting to kill Jesus.

70
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Saints

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saints of Christianity, if ur Christian ur a saint,

ex. st Thomas, Catherine

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The heights

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Islam in the afterlife, the heights are the mountain range and great wall that separates heaven and hell

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Mahayana

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those who advocate universal enlightenment

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Shia

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don’t get along with Sunni, Quran, family of the prophet

74
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Shinto (the way of gods)

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Kami, holy or sacred, may also mean spirits or dieties.

Ethics and Morality vs Purity and Fertility

75
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the Seven Sacraments:

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Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Confession, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Last Rites.

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Naturalization act of 1790s

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“free whites of good moral character can become u.s. Citizens”,
AKA Hindus and Muslims cannot.

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nirvanna

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Buddhist enlightenment

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Toe te ching quote (toasism)

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“not to value goods which are hard to come by will keep them from theft”

79
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Smith quote (toaism)

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“even the finest arms are an instrument of evil, and armies harvest is a waste of thorns”

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The Dhammapada quote (Buddhism)

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“hasten to do good, refrain from evil, if you neglect good, evil can enter your mind”

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Smith wuote (buddism)

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“Tanka is the force that disrupts our freedom from selflessness. this happens when we desire private fulfillment”

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The Bhagavad Gita wuote (hinduism)

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“but if you do not participate in this battle against evil, you will incur sin, violating your dharma and your honor”

83
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Smith quote (hinduism)

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“impulses that injure others must be curbed to avoid antaganism and remorse” (14)