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1
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What are the 3 major universalizing religions?

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Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

2
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About what % of the world follows a universalizing religion?

A

About 60%

3
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What are branches?

A

Large, fundamental, divisions in a religion

4
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What are denominations?

A

Groups of common congregations within a branch

5
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What are sects?

A

Smaller groups that’ve broken away from a recognized denomination within a branch

6
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What are the 2 major ethnic religions?

A

Judaism and Hinduism

7
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What’s the world’s first universalizing religion?

A

Buddhism

8
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Where was Buddhism is founded and where is it almost extinct?

A

Buddhism was founded in India and is almost extinct there

9
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Where did Christianity originate?

A

The semitic hearth (near modern day Israel)

10
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What are the 3 most types of buddhism? Which ones are the main 2?

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Theravada and Mahayana are the main 2 branches but Lamaism can be found in Tibet

11
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What is the most famous structure of Buddhism?

A

The pagoda

12
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Define a syncretic religion and give an example

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A blend of beliefs and practices of both Hinduism and Islam. Ex: Sikhism

13
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What is the oldest monotheistic religion?

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Judaism, 2000 BCE

14
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What is a diaspora?

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The scattering of an ethnic group

15
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What’s an example of a diaspora?

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When the Roman Empire destroyed the Jews’ holy city of Jerusalem and the Jews scattered throughout the world

16
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What are the 3 types of Judaism?

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(In order of most to least conservative and old): Orthodox, Reform, and Conservative

17
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What’s the difference between and interfaith boundary and an intrafaith boundary?

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An interfaith boundary divides space between 2 or more religions and an intrafaith boundary divides space within 1 religon/ among denominations

18
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What are 2 examples of interfaith boundaries?

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Palestine/ Israel: Judaism and Islam. Former Yugoslavia: Christianity and Islam