Religion

Christianity

• Christianity emerged in 33 AD in Levant (1st century Palestine)
• The founder was Jesus of Nazareth also know as God's only son Christ
• Who was sent to earth and died for human sin. Monotheistic and they believe
• The think we are created good but now are born in sin .
• They believe in an after life of heaven, hell and some purgatory in the Catholic and Orthodox

Sacred Text

• Scared text of Christianity are the holy bible, 10 commandments, & Gnostic Scriptures
• The bible has an New and Old Testament containing books within them
• In the Old Testament God was a more harsh god then in the New one after giving us Jesus
• The Ten Commandments were written on stone tablets later destroyed by Moses a Hebrew pro
• fit it had been created again and place in the ark of covenant later stolen and never found again

Practice

• Christians serve, & love God in anyway they can whenever they can
• Some Christians get baptized as infants to clear away sins.
• They also participate in communion. Both baptism & communions are considered
• as sacraments. ( sacred rituals practiced by Christ himself)
• Places people practice included churches, chapels, cathedrals, & bacilias

Growth/ Origin

• Christianity spread westward from the holy land to powerful European countries
• Exploration is what cause Christianity to have it's massive spread worldwide
• Europeans forced people to adapt to Christianity in the new world
• They building of many church's also contributed to the spread of early Christianity
• eastward

Holidays

• Holidays originating from Christianity include Advent, Christmas, Easter
• , Lent, Epiphany, and Good Friday. Christmas is the holiday celebrating
• the birth of Jesus of Nazareth and began to be celebrated in late 3rd century AD
• Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus 3 days after he was crucified
• which is the center piece Chritanity. Unlike Christmas Easter was celebrated by early Christans

Division

• Some divisions of Christianity included Catholic, Protestant, & Orthodox
• 51% are Catholic the newest form of the Roman Catholic Church the church
• church all Christians belonged to.
• 11% are Orthodox the more stricter side of Chritanity.
• 24% are Protestant the less dominated branch of Christanity. In originated in the 16th century

Hinduism

• There is no clear founder but is the oldest existing religion. Hinduism is not 1 believe of practice instead it's a
• collective term applied to many Indian religions. Hindus believe in reincarnation & suffer rebirth for 8,000 yrs
• Goals in life are Moksha rebirth, Dharma leading life, Artha material gain by lawful means, & Karma where
• being pure equals higher reincarnation level. Polytheistic religion. The 3 main gods are Trimurti (3 deities)
• Brahma creator, Vishnu maintainer, & Shvia destroyer.

Sacred Text

• It's collection of scared texts is known as a whole Santana Dharma(the eternal teaching)
• Scared texts of Hinduism are Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad, and Gita epics.
• There are 4 Vedas; the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, & Atharva Veda

Practices

• Hindus have practices they follow in their system of religion
• They worship ( the offers are usually made to representations of the gods
• They don't bury there dead but they cremate them by burning them to ashes
• They have compliance with rules of the caste system which is a division of society in different groups

Growth/ Origin

• The religion is practiced in India's sub-continent where it originated from
• Hinduism has no founder or date of origin this gradually developed over 4,000 yrs ago
• Hindu roots date back as far as 2000 B.C.
• Hinduism spread south east due to Indian merchants settling there bringing Buddhist
• monks. These religious men patronized by rulers who changed to Hinduism.

Holidays

• The Hindus celebrate many holidays
• Many ceremonies commemorate historical or legendary events celebrate the cycle
• of nature.
• Three main holidays are Basant Panchami, Dashara, & Diwali

Divisions

• Hinduism encompasses 4 of major sects shaiva, vaishnava, shakta, & smarta
• In practice, the sects tend to overlap.
• Individual Hindus don't necessarily define themselves in those terms

Confucianism

• Was founded by Kong Fuz born in 552 B.C. In small state of Lu
• Some argue if Confucianism is a religion or not because there are no deities
• and no afterlife teachings. The Latinized name Confucius based on the title of Kong Fuz
• wasn't giving until 16th century Jesuit missionaries in china. These teachings were even later
• translated and put into strict guide lines and is associated with much of China's obedient history

Sacred Text

• Although none of the 4 books are inherited by Confucius he wrote none of them and were writen by his students
• Scared text are Analects (Lunyu), the 5 Classics ( Wujing), the 4 books (Sishu)
• The Analects are the closes to the philosophy of Confucius.
• The 4 books were required to be read to pass the civil service examination beginning in 1315

Practices

• Confucianism strongly emphasizes Mercey, social order, & responsibility
• Ren the central ethical principle equal to mercy “Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”
• is what Confucius said that best represent this. Li or (proper way) has a set of rules for socializing with others
• Controlled emotions, restraints, and face are examples of this.
• Family before self is also important to practice

Growth/ Origin

• Confucianism Originated from China and has many influences on the world.
• Chinese Confucian regimes had little interest in global exploration.
• They preferred spread through "soft power", only within the Chinese court
• Although it isn't wide spread it doesn't lack to empire or racism. Since it's adoption
• by Han dynasty East Asian regimes from 1,000s of yrs has made Confucianism as it's ideology

Holidays

• Confucians don't celebrate many specific holidays so they celebrate days from other religions
• Some holidays are considered to be Easter Mondays.
• Normal rituals mean different in Confucianism, acts of everyday life are rituals
• The Ching Ming festival is celebrated 106 days after winter solstice & families go visit relatives graves
• Confucius bday is also celebrated on September 28th

Divisions

• Yes there is a great number of interpretations of Confucianism by slightly
• different ideas and countries but there is not a true organization structure
• Neo Confucianism provides some division
• Neo Confucianism is a more western and newer thought on the religion