Building program One way that Augustus showed Pietas religio, is through the building program. This is done in a fashion that ended up paying off brilliantly for Augustus, securing his name in the history books. To begin with, we hear in The Deeds of the Divine Augustus, that “he built: the temples of Mars, of…
An object, person or place that is too spiritually powerful for anyone to come into contact is called a _________ Taboo For indigenous religions, the goal of life is to live with nature in balance or _________ Harmony Indigenous religions clearly make a distinction between what is sacred and what is not sacred. FALSE When…
Tiamat was killed by Marduk The Babylonian god, Tammuz, conferred immortality on Utnapishtim and his wife. False __ gave directions to Gilgamesh to find the plant of immortality. Utnapishtim The goddess Ishtar is also known as Inanna In a public festival the king of the city of Uruk becomes the husband of Inanna Utnapishtim sought…
____ taught that the way to rule people and the empire is to “collect for them what they like, and to not lay on them what they dislike.” Mencius The teachings of Confucius are found in the Analects Li applied to people will yield Yi The “Doctrine of Mean” is a part of the Four Books.…
What has been the importance of Zoroastrianism on Judaism? Zoroastrianism is the oldest monotheistic religion in the world. All other single-deity religions (such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) all have roots that stem from Zoroastrianism. One concept that all 3 of those stem-religions have in common with Z.A. is that they believe that good and…
Church: The Church is the community that was founded when God sent the Holy Spirit to Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost. It is in this community that we can meet the risen Christ. Kingdom of God as a gift: God’s relationship with creation is characterized by generosity. At its heart, the relationship is not about laws…
Charlotte Bronte addresses the theme of Religion in the novel Jane Eyre using many characters as symbols. Bronte states, “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion” (preface v). In Jane Eyre, Bronte supports the theme that customary actions are not always moral through the conventional personalities of Mrs. Reed, Mr. Brocklehurst, and St. John…
Europe held indisputable interest in expansion and exploration of new land for many various reasons. Early on it was for the trade of riches, sugars, spices and silks. Also new routes to lead to these trades, but alternate routes were needed to overcome monopolies. Plus new land for expanding territory, and empire in a new…
Fon is spoken by over half the people of Benin and it is the mother tongue of voodoo. In Fon the root word for voodoo is vodoun that means spirit or god. Voodoo had its origins over 350 years ago in West Africa. In fact Allada, a small town in Benin, is often called the…
The word “Witchcraft” dates back many hundreds of years and means literally “The craft of the wise”. This is because the Witches of the old were the wise ones of their village, knowledgeable in the art of healing, legal matters and spiritual fulfillment. A Witch had to not only is a religious leader, but also…
Scientology is a fairly new religion. Founded in the twentieth-century by a man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard. He began his studies long ago and wrote a book in 1950 called Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. He claimed that this book was one of the first tools used to solve the…
The Shinto religion was started in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) of Japanese history. The Tokugawa Enlightenment inspired a group of people who studied kokugaku, which roughly translated means nativism, Japanese Studies, or Native Studies. Kokugakus intent was to recover Japanese character to what it was before the early influences of foreigners, especially the Chinese. Some…
Mormonism is a way of life that is practiced by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over two-thirds of the church’s membership is in the United States. However, members are also located in many other countries around the world. Mormons use the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and two other books…
Monasticism, also commonly called Monarchism, is a special form of religious community life where the people separate themselves from normal the ways of life to pursue an idea of perfection or a higher religious experience. Monasticism entails Asceticism, the practice of disciplined self-denial. This asceticism may include fasting, silence, a prohibition against personal ownership, and…
Categorized as the earliest of all civilizations as people formed permanent settlements Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means “between the rivers” Specifically, the area between the Tigris River and Euphrates River (present day Iraq) Mesopotamia is not within the “Fertile crescent“, it is in the more desert area that the “Fertile crescent” arcs around…
Europe was just beginning to emerge from the medieval period. Historians define the medieval period from 410 CE (the fall of Rome) to the beginning of the Renaissance (c.1450 CE) POLITICS Western Europe was a myriad of small states. Ancient Roman laws were mixed with local practices. Most states were ruled by absolute monarchs. Most…
Cultural anthropology is the study of how culture shapes human ideas and learned behaviours. It examines how cultures have developed and compares similarities and differences among them. Cultural anthropologists base their knowledge on observation. They try to be objective and draw conclusions from data, without imposing their own personal judgments. Many times anthropologists are faced…
An academic thinker named Edward Fenton came up with the acronym PERSIAT. He wanted to find a way to structure intellectual analysis so that concepts and subconcepts could be quickly and properly classified. In the last few years, Fenton’s original concept has been expanded upon and the idea of Geographical analysis has been added. Currently,…