RELIGION REVIWER

NAME OF RELIGION: JUDAISM

FOUNDER: ABRAHAM
GOD (NAME): YAHWEH
SACRED TEXT: THE TORAH, FIVE BOOKSOF MOSES, ORAL TORAH
DOCTRINES: ONLY ONE GOD WHO HAS ESTABLISH
SECTS: PHARISEES, SADDUCEES, ESSENES, ZEALOTS
PLACE OF WORSHIP: SYNAGOGUES
ISSUES:

NAME OF RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY

FOUNDER: JESUS
GOD (NAME): Elohim, El-Shaddai, Yahweh, Jehovah and Adonai.
SACRED TEXT: THE BIBLE
DOCTRINES: REPENTANCE
SECTS: BAPTIST, Protestantism
PLACE OF WORSHIP: A church
ISSUES: violence, corruption, superstition, polytheism, homophobia, bigotry, pontification,
abuses of women's rights and sectarianism.

NAME OF RELIGION: ISLAM

FOUNDER: the Prophet Muhammad
GOD (NAME): Allah
SACRED TEXT: the Qur'an
DOCTRINES : The five pillars
SECTS: Sunni and Shia
PLACE OF WORSHIP: mosque
ISSUES: discrimination, prejudice and unfair treatment

NAME OF RELIGION: HINDUISM

FOUNDER: no one founder
GOD (NAME): Brahma: the creator; Vishnu: the preserver and Shiva: the destroyer.
SACRED TEXT:Mahabharata and the Ramayana
DOCTRINES : samsara (the continuous cycle of life, death, and reincarnation) and karma
(the universal law of cause and effect).
SECTS: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism
PLACE OF WORSHIP: a 'Mandir' (Temple)
ISSUES: some suffering is self-caused (karma in this life or past life, either intentionally or from
ignorance)
 NAME OF RELIGION: BUDDHISM
FOUNDER: Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha")
GOD (NAME): Brahmā
SACRED TEXT: Tripitaka
DOCTRINES : karma, rebirth, and impermanence.
SECTS: Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, and Vajrayana
Buddhism
PLACE OF WORSHIP: A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery
ISSUES: desire and ignorance

NAME OF RELIGION: TAOISM

FOUNDER: Lao Tzu
GOD (NAME): Lao Tsu
SACRED TEXT: Tao Te Ching
DOCTRINES : inaction, simplicity and living in harmony with nature
SECTS: Zhengyi and Quanzhen
PLACE OF WORSHIP: a temple that is called the Gong
ISSUES:

NAME OF RELIGION: SHINTOISM

FOUNDER: no founder
GOD (NAME): kami
SACRED TEXT: the Kojiki or 'Records of Ancient Matters
DOCTRINES : promote harmony and purity in all aspects of life.
SECTS: Jinja, Kyoha, and Minzoku
PLACE OF WORSHIP: shrines
ISSUES:

NAME OF RELIGION: CONFUCIANISM

FOUNDER: Kong Qi
GOD (NAME): There are no Confucian gods, and Confucius himself is
worshipped as a spirit rather than a god.
SACRED TEXT: the Book of Odes, Book of Documents, Book of Changes,
Book of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals
DOCTRINES : 1. zhong, based on the Chinese character that combines
"heart” and "middle," meaning fidelity to oneself and humanity within; and
2) shu, meaning cherish the heart as if it were one's owner
SECTS: Mencius, Xunzi, Dong Zhongshu, Song Confucianism, Ming
Confucianism, Korean Confucianism, Qing Confucianism, and Modern
Confucianism.
PLACE OF WORSHIP: A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple
ISSUES:
 POSITIVE EFFECTS OF RELIGION

- Religion gives people something to believe in, provides a sense of structure and
typically offers a group of people to connect with over similar beliefs

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF RELIGION

To identify with a religious ideology and call it the only truth and way, can only
lead to tremendously bad or negative effects — prejudice, bigotry, and all
kinds of violence

ELEMENTS OF RELIGION s

- Beliefs.
 Myths/Stories.
 Sacred Texts.
 Ethics and Morality.
 Rituals.
 Symbols.
 Social Structures.
 Religious Experience
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ELEMENTS OF SPIRITUALITY

spirit above, spirit below, and spirit within, as well as earth, air, fire, and water.