The Five Main World Religions Myers Social 7

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History The five main religions of the world are: Christianity Islam Judaism Hinduism Buddhism These are determined by the number of followers

History Three of the five religions can be traced to the descendents of one man Abraham is considered to be the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Abraham Hagar Sarah Descendents eventually went on to found Judaism - then Christianity Descendants eventually went on to found Islam

Three religions of the Middle East Oldest to Youngest Judaism --> Christianity --> Islam All are monotheistic This means they believe in one god

Three religions of the Middle East Each of the three: Have places of worship Jewish - Synagogue Christianity - Church - Cathedral Islam - Mosque

Three religions of the Middle East Each of the three: Have religious holidays Jewish - Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah Christianity - Christmas and Easter Islam - Ramadan

Three religions of the Middle East Each of the three have Have sets of rules: Jewish - Talmud - Ten Commandments Christianity - Ten Commandments Islam - The Five Pillars

Three religions of the Middle East Each of the three have: Religious symbols Judaism – The Star of David or Tetragammon Christianity – The Cross or Crucifix Islam – The Crescent Moon and Star

Three religions of the Middle East Each has a holy text Judaism - Torah Christianity - Bible (Torah + New Testament= Bible) Islam - Quran (or Koran)

Jewish and Christian Holy Text The Christian Bible Jewish Torah AKA: The Old Testament The New Testament

Three religions of the Middle East Each of the three: Have important people: Judaism - Moses Christianity - Jesus Christ Islam - Muhammad

Three religions of the Middle East Each of the three: Have different branches or denominations: Judaism - Hassidic, Orthodox Christianity - Catholic, Protestant (which includes Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, Baptist, etc.) Islam - Shia or Sunni

Buddhism Based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama Prince Observed the world’s suffering Meditated for a long time under a Bo tree - seeking enlightenment Reached Nirvana Buddha means “enlightened one”

Buddhism Established the four noble truths Developed the eight-fold path Buddha is not seen as a god, but as a teacher or prophet Found mostly in southeast Asia and other parts of Asia

Hinduism The only Polytheistic religion of the five main religions This means they has more than one god Hindus believe in reincarnation The idea that people return to live again after dying Hindus believe in Karma What you do in this life carries over to the next

Hinduism Hindus (although technically illegal) follow a caste system Levels in society ranging from powerful, wealthy people to slave-type people Those with bad karma (people who have done bad things) will be reincarnated into a lower caste Those with good karma (people who have done good things) will be reincarnated into a higher caste

Hinduism Hindu goal is not a better caste - release from this world Hindus believe in family spirits as well as their main gods The Hindu Trinity: Brahman the Creator Vishnu the Protector Shiva the Destroyer Each very complex and can take many forms http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.greatdreams.com/constellations/brahma-creator.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.greatdreams.com/constellations/ursas-bootes.htm&h=280&w=178&sz=22&hl=en&start=26&tbnid=vim6FHeJt2nF3M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=72&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Brahma%2522%252Bhindu%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tibetanfoundation.org/biographies/images/StandingVisnu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tibetanfoundation.org/biographies/vishnu.php&h=350&w=229&sz=111&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=zYQmp851EcQ1kM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=79&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Vishnu%2522%252Bhindu%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

Hindu Trinity Brahma Shiva Vishnu

Organize Color coordinate Underline each religion a different color For example: Christianity - Blue Judaism- Orange Islam - Red Hinduism - Yellow Buddhism - Green

Language - translate these words Suhrka - Rot - Amhar - Ruud - Curalium Rouge - Rojo -

Language - translate these words Suhrka - Hindi Rot - German Amhar - arabic Ruud - Swedish Curalium Latin Rouge - French Rojo - Spanish Red

Languages Many languages sound similar because they belong to language families - meaning the same origin Words and written languages also reveal different language families Arabic

Language Evolves Greet the person next to you as you would imagine someone would in 1709 Now 1979 Now 1989 Now 2009

What do these words mean? It’s the year 1953 Sick Tight Hot Cool It’s the year 2009

How many time in the last week did you say… Groovy? Gnarly? Radical?

How has language continued to evolve? Texting language New words in the dictionary Google IM’ing Green Biodiesel Unibrow