Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Historically Black Churches Roman Catholic Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) Jehovah’s Witnesses Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) Hinduism Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) Asian (Asian descent) Black (African descent) Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent)
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I have a better knowledge and understanding of the religions of others. One of the things I feel benefited me the most throughout this course was learning in depth about the origins of many of the great religions of the world such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity. Even going as far back as the primal and archaic period and how the transition of the agricultural revolution as well as the axial age paved the way for the more modern religions we still practice today. In order
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Buddhism Samantha Hess Religion 1000 March 16, 2015 (1)The main features of the Theravada scripture canon are a limited canon, the triple gem, vipassana meditation, and the laity. The limited canon is about the Buddha’s teachings. It is said that each person is responsible for his/her own enlightenment. According to tradition after a person’s death that is when they collect the teachings of enlightenment. There are three sections to the Tiitaka; the Sutras, Vinaya, and Abhidharma. The Sutras
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| Copyright © 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course studies the major religions of the world. Topical areas include Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous Cultures, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism. Students will be objectively studying the origins and major figures and comparing and contrasting each of the major religions. During this course each student will visit a religious
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REL 212 Comparison of Two Religions Karen Fulton November 4, 2013 Prof. William Denning REL 212 REL 212 Comparison of Two Religions Karen Fulton November 4, 2013 Prof. William Denning REL 212 Jainism and Buddhism Jainism is one of the oldest of the oldest religions known today. Its origins lie in the county of India. The origin can be traced back to the Indus River Valley civilization of 3000 B.C. Jains believe that there were twenty-four great teachers called Tirthankaras-people
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Religion 220 Report #1 In the first day of class we looked at a video which gave us a brief incite of some of the most popular religions of Asia today which includes but not limited to Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, Islam and Sikhism. In the film I felt that more emphasis was placed on Hinduism and Gandhi, which is only logical giving the importance of Gandhi in the east, he preached of peace and equality, he also played an important role in helping to calm the India Pakistan feud
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same god. Universal brotherness. Forbids exploitation of others, direct opposition of the caste system. No force unless no choice. The first Guru was Guru Nanak-founder/father of Sikhism. Came out of two prevalent religious forces of his time: Hinduism & Islam. The last Guru: Guru Gobind Singh: 10th guru bestowed the guruship forever to Sikh Holy Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. (11th guru: living text: Adi Granth)Guru: teachers/masters. Spiritual person or divine inner voice. Langar: Communal
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Buddhism was constructed in the late 6th century.Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha") is the founder of buddhism. This religion is important in most of asha. It has been formed into many different forms. The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) was born in 563 B.C.E.in a plase called Lumbini near the Himalayan foothills . After Siddhartha Gautama passed away, the community he founded slowly evolved into a religion like movement and the teachings of Siddhartha became the basis of Buddhism. In this last few decades
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with Buddhism, Confucianism or Hinduism; India does not have a structured religion under Hinduism. It’s actually under a loosely structured belief causing it to be resilient and tenacious enough to survive and expand. China on the other hand is opposite of this. The Confucian belief and/or tradition were established to be the source of value and modernization for material gain. As there were various interpretations for one religious belief, no counter opposing philosophy ever existed. Buddhism and
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This paper analyzes the art of Southeast Asia before 1200, specifically the depiction of Buddha. A general idea of Buddhism and Buddhist art is presented as well as two specific works of Buddhist art. A study of how different cultures and time period influenced these pieces follows their descriptions, and finally a critique of each and a comparison of the two are also presented. Buddhism began in the late medieval period in India during the rule of the Pala dynasty with one man, Siddhartha Gautama
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