Week 14

Question 1

Sect

Answer 1

Splinter groups, who believe they are purer than the religion they split from.

Question 2

Cult

Answer 2

Charismatic leader, suspected of brainwashing, promoting self-destructive, illegal, or immoral behaviour.

Question 3

Jonestown

Answer 3

Jim Jones - People’s temple

909 person suicide

Question 4

Solar Temple Cult

Answer 4

70 people in France, Swiss, and Quebec died of murder and suicide.

Question 5

Kabbalah

Answer 5

Mystical judaism.

Question 6

Mormonism

Answer 6

Joseph Smith
Upstate New York
1833

Question 7

Mormon Practices

Answer 7

Post-mortem baptism.
Abstinence from stimulants
Conservatives practice plural marriage.

Question 8

Mormon Subgroups

Answer 8

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Community of Christ

Question 9

Baha’i Faith

Answer 9

Developed out of Shi’a Islam

Sayyid Ali Muhammad declared himself to be hidden imam. Was killed.

Question 10

Bahaullah

Answer 10

Leader who took after ali Muhammad. Was more the founder of Baha’i. Believed t be the fulfillment of all major religions.

Question 11

Baha’i Practices

Answer 11

Peace, unity. All prophets proclaim the same faith.

They do ramadan, and salat.

Question 12

The Nation of Islam

Answer 12

Developed through Black Nationalism in the U.S.

Based on ideas by Drew Ali in 1913.

Question 13

Wallace Fard

Answer 13

Took over leadership of NOI in 1930. Claimed to be avatar God.

Question 14

Elijah Muhammad

Answer 14

Disciple of Fard. Under Elijah, NOI became apocalyptic group, and believed that white people were devils. Promoted black self-determination.

Question 15

Malcolm X

Answer 15

Grew the NOI. Became disciple of Elijah Muhammad. Began to be racially inclusive later in life.

Question 16

Muslim Mosque

Answer 16

Founded by Malcolm X after break up with NOI. He broke up because NOI was too separate from traditional Islam.

Question 17

Wareeth Deen Muhammad

Answer 17

Son of Elijah Muhammad. Took over NOI, made it more traditionally Muslim and less racial.

Question 18

Louis Farrakhan

Answer 18

Didn’t agree with Wareeth Muhammad’s reformation of NOI. Restored NOI to original entity. But he also leaned towards Sunni.

Question 19

Phillip S. Berg

Answer 19

Founder of Kabbalah movement. Set out to make studying available to everyone. Also believed in reincarnation. Believes

Question 20

Tree of Life

Answer 20

The way God and the material world interrelate.

Question 21

Scientology

Answer 21

Founded in 1954 by Ron Hubbard. Believed in Dianetics.

Question 22

Creeds of Scientology

Answer 22

Believe in an impersonal God who is similar to Daoism.

Question 23

Thetan

Answer 23

Term that means a soul is reincarnated for billions of years.

Question 24

Engrams

Answer 24

Mentals blocks are the result of traumatic experience and remain in our mind until they are cleared. Step by step approach to get rid of them.

Question 25

Raelian Movement

Answer 25

AKA Ufology. Founded in 1973 by Claude Vorilhon. An alien told this guy a prophecy. He changed his name to Rael, the messenger of "Elohim". Reinterpreted the book of Genesis.

Question 26

Elohim

Answer 26

Highly advanced aliens who created us in their image.

Question 27

Sensual Meditation

Answer 27

A practice by Raelians where you try and feel every atom in your body, and then experience outward things.

Question 28

Emmanuel Swedenborg

Answer 28

18th century Swedish mystic and scientist. Thought to be the founder of New Spirituality.