Major World Religions: Key Beliefs and Practices

African Indigenous Religions

African indigenous religions have not all died out.

The Atlantic slave trade

Humanity and life in the present world

High God is both a and b

High God

Many supernatural beings are recognized, and one is elevated to a higher status.

Mali and Burkina Faso

Yoruba religion

An Orisa in the Yoruba tradition

Spirits are all of the above

Improving life in this world

Spirit world: all of the above

A divination system among the Yoruba

Medium

Kenya and Tanzania

Christianity did not completely eradicate indigenous African religions.

The continuing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

Supreme, unitary reality

Dualistic

330 million

Hebrew

It cannot be translated and is only legitimately scripture when read in Hebrew.

John

The Way

Greek

The Shema

Merneptah stone/stele

The Anointed One

Synoptic

YHWH and Elohim

Tanakh

Focus on Jesus' developmental years

1 Thessalonians

Whirlwind

Great expositor and propagator of early Christianity: Paul

Both Greek and Roman cultures had common myths and key similarities which early Christians used to describe Jesus, including Dionysus and Mithras. True

NOT one of the synoptic gospels? John

Early Christians were persecuted because Rome considered them disloyal. False

Personal, transcendent, triune, and immanent.

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Theodor Herzl

Christianity

Christianity is moving toward Africa, Asia, and South America.

The earliest followers of Jesus were Jews who considered themselves part of the Way.

The Trinity is a doctrine readily evident and clearly explained in the canonical biblical text. False

The New Testament was written in the Greek language.

Divine spark' in the opening lines of which gospel? John

B. early 1500s.

Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans? Mark

Communion (Eucharist) and baptism

NOT one of the synoptic gospels? John

The title Christ literally means the Anointed One.

Descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus' disciples

State of affairs that exists when people live in obedience to God's will.

Focus on Jesus' developmental years

Persians

Jesus was crucified by the Romans.

Synoptic

1 Thessalonians

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Love.

Liberation Theology urges Christians to act.

Great expositor and propagator of early Christianity: Paul

70 CE

Bishops receive their authority through an unbroken line of bishops that reaches back to the apostles and, through them, to Christ himself.

Jesus does not teach in a direct, didactic style, but rather uses extended metaphors and similes called parables.

Personal, transcendent, triune, and immanent.

Sikhism

A teacher in a religious school for Sikh children

1469 to 1539.

Punjabi

To attain mukti (spiritual liberation).

Zoroastrianism

Sloth

Being in the presence of God.

A turban, indicating allegiance to the Sikh community.

Adi Granth

Gurdwara