World Religions Study Guide

Universalizing Religion
(Choose all that apply)

• look for new members and welcome anyone and everyone who wishes to adopt their belief system

• have many diverse members, who come from different ethnic backgrounds

• consist of many different ethnic groups because they convert and accept anyone of any background and are usually not closely tied to one location

• usually consist of beliefs, superstitions, and rituals handed down from generation to generation within an ethnicity and culture

Ethnic Religion
(Choose all that apply)

• follows one’s ethnicity because the religion does not tend to convert

• have many diverse members, who come from different ethnic backgrounds

• expands via relocation diffusion and often increases through birth rates

• usually consist of beliefs, superstitions, and rituals handed down from generation to generation within an ethnicity and culture

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Universalizing Religion

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(b) Ethnic Religion

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hinduism

the belief that there is only one God

• monotheism

• polytheism

the belief in or worship of more than one god

• monotheism

• polytheism

attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature

• supernatural

• sacred

• divine

connected with God (or the gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving respect or worship

• supernatural

• sacred

• divine

of, from, or like God or a god

• supernatural

• sacred

• divine

a common set of beliefs and practices; it may also be a communal way to relate a belief that centers on a system of thought, being, person, or object that is believed to be supernatural, sacred, or divine

• region

• religion

• Christianity

• folk culture

_________ stems from a collection of stories that explain the origins of the “children of Israel” and the laws that their deity commanded of them. The stories explain how the Israelites came to settle, construct a Temple for their one God, and eventually establish a monarchy—as divinely instructed—in the ancient Land of Israel.

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Judaism