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| What was the first historical "China"? |
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| What evidence do we have and use to confirm the Shang Dynasty existence? |
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| Many bronze ritual vessels survive as does evidence of ritual sacrifices, both animal and human. |
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| What change took place in religion from the Shang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, both in relation to the highest 'gods' or 'powers' and with respect to the practice of ancestor veneration? |
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| What are the five officially recognized religions in China today? What does it mean by officially recognized? |
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| What are the "Three Teachings" of China before the modern period? |
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| What does "qi" translate to? |
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| What does "jing" translate to? |
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| What does "shen" translate to? |
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| What are some characteristics of Ying and Yang? |
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| What are the Five Phases (Wuxing)? |
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| What does "Dao" translate to? |
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| What does "De" translate to? |
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| What does "Tian" translate to? |
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| Neiye (Inner Cultivation) |
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| What are the three views of death in China? |
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| What are the 'Three Jewels' of Buddhism? |
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| What are the Five Relationships in Confucianism? |
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| How did Buddhists get their food? |
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| How often did Buddhists eat? |
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| What could early Buddhists eat? |
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| What possesions could early Buddhists have? |
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| Who was the mythological founder of Daoism? |
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| Who was the first person to actually found a Daoist religious movement? |
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| What is the importance of the distinction between 'religion' and 'religiosity'? |
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| How does Li Hongzhi, in his teachings of Falun Gong, redefine the concepts of 'karma' and 'de' as found in Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism? |
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| What are the Three Bodies of Buddhism as taught in Mahayana Buddhism? |
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| Describe: Nirmanakaya (Apparitional Body) |
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| Describe: Sambhogakaya (Enjoyment Body) |
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| Describe: Dharmakaya (Dharma/Law Body) |
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| What are the 4 noble truths of Buddhism? |
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| What are the 6 realms of rebirth in Buddhism? |
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| What can we learn about Japan from the Myths? |
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| What are some common characteristics of New Religions in Japan? |
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| What are the 4 patterns of action in new religions in Japan? |
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| What led AUM to become violent? |
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| Name 3 parts of the Vitalistic Salvation concept |
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| Confucianism Self-Cultivation and education |
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| Confucianism Filial piety |
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| What are the 5 relations in Confucianism? |
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| What are some rules for women in early Confucianism? |
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| Confucianism Ren/jin - Human heartedness |
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| What roles do funerals play in Japan? |
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| What did samurai claim they did that allowed them the right to rule? |
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| What are New Religious Movements (NRMs)? |
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1. Religions arising in the modern period, more or less from the 18th century on.
2. Religions formed in reaction to modernity. |
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| What is the Second Great Awakening? |
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| What is the "Burned Over District"? |
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| According to Mormons, where did the Book of Mormon come from? |
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| What is the Book of Mormon about? |
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| For Mormons, is the Biblical canon closed for all time? |
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| What does "Latter-day Saint" mean? |
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| What is the Mormon Plan of Salvation? |
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| Why do Mormons have temples? |
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| What are two important temple rituals? |
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| Why are Mormons concerned with genealogy? |
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| 1,000 years of peace and plenty |
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| What does the word "advent" refer to? |
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| What was the "Great Disappointment"? |
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| What does "Seventh-day" refer to in the name Seventh-day Adventist (SDA)? |
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| Why did the Adventists create a separate school system? |
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| Why was health reform important to SDA? |
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| Who were the Branch Davidians? |
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| Why was this thought to be important for health? |
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| What are the Four Bodily Humors and why were they thought to be important for health? |
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| What were the two major treatments used by "regular" physicians in the early US? |
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| What is Christian Physiology? |
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| Who was Sylvester Graham? |
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| Who was John Harvey Kellogg? |
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| Why did John Harvey Kellogg invent corn flakes? |
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| What is magnetic healing? |
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| What is Christian Science? |
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| What does the word pagan mean? |
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| Why do scholars refer to Pagans as "Neo-pagans"? |
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| Who are the two primary deities of Wicca? |
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| What are some of the primary Wiccan holidays? |
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| What are three primary Wiccan beliefs? |
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| How does feminism and environmentalism fit into Neo-paganism? |
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| What is the goal of Dianetics? |
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| How is Scientology and extension of but different from Dianetics? |
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| Immortal being that has passed through innumerable past lives |
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| What is an operating Thetan? |
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| What are the five major characteristics of modernity? |
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| The Rise of Science, Decline in Religious World Views, Decline in Traditional Social Order, Dominance of market economy, and Dominance of Secular Power & Authority |
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| The idea that individuals should have the greatest possible freedom to choose how to live, including what religion or whether to be religious at all. |
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| Why is the US Constitution such a secular document? |
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| Political Expedience, Liberal Value of Freedom of Conscience |
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| What are the implications of Freedom of Religion? |
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| Religious "Free Market", Denominationalism, Voluntarism, Private vs. Public Sphere, Growing Religious Experimentation |
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| Mormonism, Adventism, Paganism, Scientology |
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| What is the media definition of a Denomination? |
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| What is the media definition of a Sect? |
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| What is the media definition of a Cult? |
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| What is the cultural context definition of a Sect? |
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| A reform movement within an existing religious tradition in a society. |
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| What is the cultural context definition of a Cult? |
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| A new religious movement or an alien religious movement in a society. |
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| What is the cultural context definition of a Denomination? |
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| What is the cultural tension definition of a Cult? |
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| Relatively high tension with surrounding culture. |
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| What is the cultural tension definition of a Sect? |
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| Relatively moderate tension with surrounding culture. |
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| What is the cultural tension definition of a Denomination? |
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| Relatively low tension with surrounding culture. |
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| Economic deprivation, social deprivation, and psychological deprivation |
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| Why do people join NRMs? (2) |
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| Seekers of enrichment, Community & Relationship enrichment, Empowerment and Leadership enrichment |
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