1. The Five Main World Religions
Myers Social 7

2. Instructions These are key word and phrase notes
Do not write word for word
This presentation is meant to be informative
No valuing or judging statements are implied as part of this presentation

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

4. 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

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

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

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

14. 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

15. 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”

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Hindu Trinity
Brahma
Shiva
Vishnu

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

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

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

24. 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

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

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

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

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