The Five Main World Religions

Myers Social 7

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

History

• The five main religions of the world are:1.Christianity2.Islam3.Judaism4.Hinduism5.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

Descendants eventually went on to found Islam

Descendents eventually went on to found Judaism - then Christianity

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

•Religious symbols

•Judaism – The Star of David or Tetragammon

•Christianity – The Cross or Crucifix

•Islam – The Crescent Moon and Star

Each of the three have:

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

Jewish Torah AKA: The Old Testament

The New TestamentThe

Christian Bible

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

Hindu Trinity

Brahma Vishnu Shiva

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 Arab

ic

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– Sick– Tight– Hot– Cool

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