PPT-Japanese religions

Lesson 2 The students will complete a folding activity in their Learning Target notebooks including Note Taking Learning Target 727 I can compare the major features of Shinto Japans indigenous religion and Japanese Buddhism. Jainism. Jainism . is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live lives of harmlessness and renunciation.. The essence of Jainism is concern for the welfare of every being in the universe and for the health of the universe itself. In our land of freedom, we are well aware of he fact that our Constitution enumerates various freedoms, including the freedom of religion. Folks in our country can worship Jehovah, or nothing at all. We can worship nature, or the starts, even our self. Our country affords us the right to worship or not worship as we please. This is a man-made law, true, but I’m thankful to God for it, because such a right allows me to preach, teach, write, etc., and spread the gospel in this country in freedom. I don’t have to worry about retaliation taken by the government or others in authority against me simply because I am preaching His Word. The apostles would have loved such freedom.. They Who . Goeth. . A. round . Getteth. around. Origin of Religions. Universalizing Religions. Ethnic Religions. Universalizing religions have precise places of origin and are based on the life events of one man.. da. dun…..” music here). Eventually we will have 5 religions we cover in this class. At this time we have covered 3 of them.. Hinduism. Buddhism. Judaism. On page 296 of our book there is a chart that will give all the following information except for the problem and solution.. Ch. 25 in Geography Textbook. Hinduism: Key Beliefs. Vedas (Holy Writing) and . Varnas. (Caste System). Hinduism = Polytheist (>3 million gods) . But they have 3 main ones). Brahma: The Creator. Vishnu: The Preserver. This big red gate is called a . torii. . People who follow the Shinto religion go to these to pray.. Shinto shrines can be seen all over Japan. Shinto is one of the religions practiced by the Japanese people.. Geographers distinguish . two types . of . religions. 1.) . UNIVERSALIZING . religions. . that. . attempt . to be . GLOBAL by . appealing to all . people, not just those in a particular location. .. Preview. Under the Shogun. - Japan was firmly organized under the Tokugawa shogunate. Under Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate, social status was passed down through families. It was closely tied to military rank or way of earning a living. Members of one social class could not move up to another social class. A person’s social class affected all parts of life.. 2011-2012. The 5 major world Religions. Christianity. Islam. Hinduism. Buddhism. Judaism. Other world religions:. Baha‘i. Confucianism. Jainism. Shinto. Sikhism. Taoism. Zoroastrianism. Top Ten Organized Religions of the World. Ethnic Religions are religions that appeal to a specific group of people and are the smaller between Ethnic and Universalizing. Sometimes you must be of the ethnicity in order to be ah adherent.. The largest ethnic religion is Hinduism which claims 950 million adherents (14% of the world’s population).. Nihon no . shuukyou. What do you know . about . religions in Japan?. Make a brainstorm map for it. Statistics – Religions. Source: Central Intelligence Agency (4 October 2012), “The World . Factbook. Religion Key Issues Where are religions distributed? Why do religions have different distributions Concerned with the regional distribution of different religions and the resulting potential for conflict Key Issue #1. Where Are Religions Distributed?. Universalizing religions. Seek to appeal to all people. About 60% of the world. Ethnic religions. Appeal to a smaller group of people living in one place. Asian Philosophies and Religions