WEC: Religion 356/WORLD RELIGIONS--Part B Pre-Class Assignment / Study Guide for April 10,2010 Addison Spring Trimester 2010

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1 WEC: Religion 356/WORLD RELIGIONS--Part B Pre-Class Assignment / Study Guide for April 10,2010 Addison Spring Trimester 2010 Before our class meets on April 10: STUDY Many Peoples Many Faiths (9 th Edition)-Preface & chapters 1 & 2. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING Concept/Term Sheet. Bring it and any questions to our April 4/10 class. Call Dr. Addison ( ) or him (addison@augsburg.edu or addisonde@msn.com) with any questions. CONCEPT/TERM SHEET FOR PREFACE AND CHAPTERS 1 & 2 *****Know these for our 4/10 class and exam.***** *items are concepts and terms to be studied with special care. **&*** items are more and most important. #items are also listed in the Glossary. Know well. Your grasp of concepts and terms will be essential for class comprehension and for exam preparation. Near the end of our 4/10 class there will be an EXAM (objective and brief essay) relating to these concepts and terms from the Preface through chapter 2. PREFACE information/knowledge & empathy (xvii+) critical and empathetic approaches (xvii+) Chapter 1 - UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD S RELIGIOUS HERITAGE *** religion (throughout chapter & whole book) **A New Day of Religious Encounter **pluralism# (1+) **Conditioned Reality & Unconditioned Reality something more (3) **conditioned reality# (3+) **unconditioned reality# (4) **Doors & Windows to the Ultimate * doors & windows (our text s basic image for religion) (5) World Religions--4/10 Assignment / Page 2

2 ***Forms of Religious Expression (Joachim Wach) [This three-fold framework will be used throughout the text and our course.] ***THEORETICAL# ( what is said ) (6-9) *myth# [not the popular definition] (7+) *doctrine# [not the popular definition] (9) ***PRACTICAL# ( what is done ) (9+) ***SOCIOLOGICAL# (how organized, leadership, relationship to society) (16+) denominations, sects#, cults# (11+) Ethics (11+) Art (12) **Descriptive & Critical Approaches *descriptive approach (13) *empathetic insight (14) *critical approach (14) Periods of Religious History Hunting & Gathering Religion (Paleolithic# era; will discuss with chapter 2) (14+) ***shaman/shamanism (more in chapter 2) (14) Epic (16) Ritual (16) Agricultural Religion (Neolithic# era; will discuss with chapter 2) (15) Ancient Empires (15) Religion Responding to History *historical awareness (not the popular definition of history) (16) World Religions--4/10 Assignment /Page 3

3 The Religious Founders Wisdom ***religious founders (16+) mysticism# [found in all major religions] (17+) Medieval Devotion (18) *Modernism (18+) **Postmodernism (19+) Looking Forward (also chapter 11] (19+) **Women in World Religions *the role of women (20) *patriarchy# (20) * little tradition (20) *andocentric# perspective (21) ***FUNDAMETAL FEATURES (21+) Note this box in all major chapters. Wach s three forms of religious expression will provide a recurring framework for our whole course. Know it well! ***SUMMARY (Review this section just before every class and exam.) (22) **QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW (Clues to understanding what s important) (22+) World Religions--4/10 Assignment / Page 4

4 The First Human Faiths prehistoric religion (26+) tribal religion (27) CHAPTER 2--THE SACRED IN NATURE *****Know these for the 4/10 class & exam***** primitive, primal, primitive, archaic (27) **animism (27) ***shamanism# (& below) (27) **soul/souls# (27+) *** cosmic religion [Eliade] (28+) survivals (28++) popular religion# (28++) Christmas, Halloween, May Day, etc. Gods, Spirits and the World myth & ritual (30+) *deus otiosus# (30) *high god# (31) *ancestral spirits (31) **soul(s) (32) **initiations (& below) (32) Initiation Rites for Men and Women **initiation# (32+) *totem# (33) women s initiations (33+) World Religions--4/10 Assignment / Page 5

5 *taboo# (34) Shamans ***shaman# (34++) **common features ecstasy# (34) dramatic performance (35) altered states of consciousness (35) ** call / ordeal /vocation (36) & tribe/community (37) showmanship/fraud/tricks (37) **types: traveling & possession (37) *shaman s role (39) *Archaic Hunters (paleolithic# period) (See chapter 1.) hunting & killing (39+) reciprocal relationship (40) preparation (40) *master (mistress) of animals (40) reverent harmony (40) Archaic Gatherers (also in paleolithic# period) women as gatherers (41) *Archaic Farmers (neolithic# period) (See chapter 1.) the beginning/development of agriculture (41) *neolithic# (41) *(paleolithic#) (42) agriculture as fall (42) (Archaic Farmers) World Religions--4/10 Assignment / Page 6

6 *religious focus/metaphors (41+) death & life (44) *human sacrifice (44) *fertility 44+) **changes in religion & culture (45) **Women & the Patriarchal Revolution symbolic feminine (45) megalithism# (46) *patriarchal revolution (46) asceticism# (46) ***FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES (47) ***SUMMARY (47+) **QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW (49+) /