UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. UNIVERSITENTSEKSAMENS UNISA Ieee. EDT303Q Mayllune 2015 RELIGION EDUCATION Duration 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MRD CHETTY PROF M CLASQUIN, OR Gs MASON SECOND PROF DP GOOSEN Closed book examination This examination question papor ro 1 the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venueUNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA lex EDT303Q Mayédune 2015 RELIGION EDUCATION Duraten 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MRO CHETTY PROF MCLASQUIN OR SJ MASON ‘SECOND PROF DP GOOSEN Closed book examination ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue This paper consists of 6 pages. All questions are compulsory. Section 1 - Defini ion and methodology 1 Your prescribed material presents working definition of religion. Briefly discuss this definition (10) 2 Bnefly discuss the distinction between the phenomenological and the critical approaches in the study of religion (20) Section 2 - Policy 3 Write an essay explaining the implications of Religion Education Policy for classroom practice (20) Section 3 - Multiple Choice Questions (60) Answer the 30 following multiple choice questions by writing the question number and next to it, the letter of the correct answer, in your examination answer book For example 1) 2 @) And so on Do not use 2 mark reading sheet Please note that these questions are worth two marks each (TURN OVER}1) 073039 May/tuse 2085 The Zulu people believe in the female element they call @)uNkulunkulu (2) uNomkhubulwane (3) uMvelingang: (4) ublanga Which one of the following statements 1s INCORRECT? In the nineteenth century Zulu speakers reinterpreted their creation myths (2) te resist colonial invasion (2) to conform to colonial ideology (3) _ by claiming that uNkulunkuly gave the land to white peopie and the sea to black people at the beginning of time (4) by claiming that whites, having risen later from an original bed of reeds, were technologically better equipped than blacks Which one of the following would NOT be the task of a sangoma? (2) The detection of witches (2) The circumeision of adolescents (3) Communication with ancestors (4) Prescription of sacnifices to placate angry ancestors At birth, among the Nguni and Sotho-Tswana, the mother stayed in isolation for ‘about 10 days because (1) she did not want to be stressed by people coming to see the baby (2) she was afraid witches and bad weather would harm the baby (3) she was considered to be in a state of ritual pollution (4) the father made strict orders for her not to leave the hut without permission The following belief 1s common to the Abrahamic religions: (1) belief in ancestral spints (2) belief in an impersonal force, (3) _ belief in one God (4) _behef in many gods and goddesses In the Jewish Diaspora communities, the fulfilled the role of civil authority (2) tnbes (2) extended family (3) local Jewish councils (4) immediate community A person states that in his or her religious group, they believe that Moses 1s the. chief of all prophets This person is most likely a (1) Jew (2) Christan (3) Mustim (4) Baha’ [TURN OVER]10 ul 42 13 EDT303Q May/June 2035 In 1933, the South African Union for Progressive Judaism was located in which South African location? (2) Durban (2) Johannesburg (3) Pretoria (4) Cape Town. In contemporary society, we find that the Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans are governed by (1) popes (2) rabbis (3) pnests (4) bishops. Which one of the following books 1s accepted as Deuterocanonical by the Catholic Church? (1) 2 Kings (2) Habakkuk (3) Zephaniah. (4) 1 Maccabees Which of the following statements about the historical development of Christianity ts INCORRECT? (1) Paul was mitaally a fanatically devoted Christian who opposed the religious ideas of Judaism (2) The most outstanding movement among Christians in the twentreth century was the Ecumenical Movement (3) By the middle of the fifth century, Christianity emerged as the sole state religion of the Roman Empire (4) Throughout the Middle Ages, religious movements branded as heresies by Rome flared up in various parts of Europe Pentecostal Christians believe that the Holy Spint (1) isthe first person in the Trinity (2) 18 one of their ancestral spirits. (3) empowers indivicual believers to combat evil forces. (4) gave the Quran to Muhammad, ‘The Muslim festival that marks the end of Ramadan ts known as the (1) Feast of Sacrifice (2) Feast of Fast-breaking (3) Musiim New Year (4) Prophet's Birthday [TURN oveR]14 15 16 17 18 19 FOT303Q May/June 2085 Which of the following statements about the life of the Prophet Muhammad 1s INCORRECT? (1) At the age of twenty-five Prophet Muhammad married a forty-year old widow named Khadija (2) While Prophet Muhammad was meditating on Mt Hira during the month of Ramadan, the angel Gabriel appeared and spoke to him giving him his first revelation (3) In 622 Prophet Muhammad made a journey to Medina after being invited to mediate their tribal feuds. (4) In January 630, Prophet Muhammad and his men conquered Jerusalem One of his first acts was to go to the holy temple (the Ka’ba), and reverently walk around it seven times ‘The Muslim festival that commemorates Abraham's dedication to God is cailed the (1) Feast of Sacrifice (2) Feast of Fast-breaking (3) Muslim New Year (4) Prophet's Birthday Which statement regarding rites of passage 1s INCORRECT? (1) A Jewish boy becomes an adult at his bar mitzvah (2) Chnstian youth affirm their Christian beliefs at their confirmation (3) Hindu male youths enter the stage of a scholar when they become a bramacarya (4) An Islamic youth becomes an adult when they say the shahadah for the first time. Moksha is the belief in (1) God's final judgement (2) _ the release from entrapment in samsara (3) _ the second coming of the messiah (4) Avatars The term used to describe the combined practices set by caste and stages of Ife 1s (2) varnashrama (2). upanayana (3) antyeshti. (4) namakarana ‘A person states that in his or her religious group, they believe that people are born into different bodies again and again according to the way they had lived. This person is most likely 2 @) Jew (2) Hindu (3) Mustim (4) Mormon [TURN OVER]20 aa 22 23 24 25 26 £07303 May/lune 2015 Which of the following statements about Hindu scriptures Is INCORRECT? (1) Each of the four Vedas had two stages of development, namely Samhita and Brahmana (2) Upanishads are mystical utterances of profound truths that do not necessarily originate from Brahmins. (3) There is also a minor group of Hindu texts called the Tipitaka or Pali Canon. (4) The most central theme in the Upanishads 1s that the individual soul is identicat with the Universal sout The trmurti of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma came to predominance during the (1) Harappa and Mohenjodaro cultures (2) Vedic eivilzation. (3) Hindu diaspora (4) Epic era Buddhists belteve that the main cause of suffering is. (2) disbelief in God (2) fear of evil spints (3) desire (4) sin Images and statues of Budai represent (1) the Buddha (2) an eccentric 10" century monk (3) a SriLankan monk (4) Maitreya Which one of the following statements about Zen Buddhism 1s correct? (2) They consider ali Buddhist books to be very important (2) They consider the Tipitaka to be the only important Buddhist scrspture (3) They limit the number of texts that are recognised and studied, even to the extent of using just a single text (4) They question the importance of any text to achieve enlightenment In Buddhism the sangha refers to .. (2) Buddhist priests (2) the Buddhist laity (3) the entire Buddhist community (4) Buddhist semor monks Buddhists celebrate 'Wesak’ which commemorates (1) the birth and death of the Buddha Q) the resurrection of the Buddha (3) 2 penod of meditation. (4) @ period of aimsgiving to the poor (TURN over]27 28 29 30 EOT303Q May/lune 2015 A person who believes that God (or the gods) does not exist, 1s (1) anatherst. (2) a Muslim (3) a Buddhist (4) a Hindu. Wiccan festivals typically focus on (1) purification rituals through baptism (2) the celebration of polygamous relationships, (3) the rhythms of the natural world (4) sacrifices to Satan The Baha'i Faith was founded in... (1) Tran (2) Eaypt. (3) South Africa (4) America Robert Ingersoll was an American writer known as (1) the Great Agnostic (2) the Infamous Agnostic (3) the father of Existentialism (4) _ the founder of psychotherapy ° Lisa 2015