Sociology Religion Part 2 23

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Lecturer:
Valentina V.
Gersonskaya,
Foreign Languages
Department
Course «Sociology»
Lecture
Religion
Part 2

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OUTLINE
World and Indigenous religions
The Largest World Religions
Schism
Cult

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Vocabulary
• Bahai
• deity
• Scriptures
• adherents
• Taoism
• Confucianism
• Judaism
• transmigration
• suffering
• conduct
• fidelity
• covenant
• observation
• prayer
• alm
• pilgrimage
• schism

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Religions
• world religions - transcultural, international faiths.
• indigenous religions - culture-specific or nationspecific religions.
• new religious movements faiths.
recently developed

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Ten Largest World Religions
• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• African traditional
religion
• Chinese Traditional
religion
• Sikhism
• Spiritism
• Judaism
• Bahai

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Task “Ten Largest World Religions”
Watch the video “Top 10 Largest World Religions”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdr5d5TPq7Q
and pick out the information regarding the Founder
of the religion, deity/deities/beliefs, foundation
(date), symbol(s), scriptures, and the holy places
number of adherents.
Fill in the chart.

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Match the description with the religion /
philosophy:
The doctrine of transmigration
of souls in an endless cycle,
• Judaism
according to the law of karma.
• Islam
The major deity in later….., is
• Baha’ism
depicted as a blue-skinned,
sportive
youth
generally
• Hinduism
playing the flute.
• Buddhism
• Confucianism

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Match the description with the religion /
philosophy:
• Judaism
• Islam
• Baha’ism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
Its basic teachings are contained in the
‘four noble truths’:
(1) all existence is suffering;
(2) the cause of suffering is desire;
(3) freedom from suffering is nirvana (the
final state of harmony and satisfaction);
(4) the means of attaining nirvana is
prescribed in the ‘eightfold path’ that
combines ethical conduct, mental discipline
and wisdom.

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Match the description with the religion /
philosophy:
• Judaism
• Islam
• Baha’ism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
It teaches a moral and social
philosophy and code of behavior
based on peace, order, humanity,
wisdom, courage and fidelity.

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Match the description with the religion /
philosophy:
• Judaism
• Islam
• Baha’ism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
It sees the world as the creation
of a living god. Central is the
idea of the covenant made
between God and Abraham.

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Match the description with the religion /
philosophy:
The Holy Book includes
profession of the faith in a
• Judaism
prescribed form, observation of
• Islam
ritual prayer (five obligatory
• Baha’ism
prayer sequences each day as
well as non-obligatory prayers),
• Hinduism
giving alms to the poor, fasting
• Buddhism
during
Ramadan,
and
• Confucianism
performing the pilgrimage to
Mecca.

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Match the description with the religion /
philosophy:
• Judaism
• Islam
• Baha’ism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
It is based on belief in universal
brotherhood and promotes
peace and racial justice. The
seat of the governing body is in
Haifa in Israel.

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Taoism and Confucianism
Watch
the
video
“Yin
&
Yang”
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmR9Att] and
answer the questions:
• Which symbol is dark?
• What do the dots in each color mean?
• What is the universe?
• What does Taoism teach?
Study the recommended Internet sources to learn
about Confucianism.

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Schism
• Schism is a break in the unity of a Church.
• Are the words “schism” and “heresy” synonyms?
• What were the most important Christian schisms?
(names)
• Who is schismatic (in accordance with the Roman
Catholic Canon law)?
• Read Encyclopedia Britannica (use the link)

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Christianity
Islam
Watch the video
“5 Differences between
the Roman Catholic
Church and the Eastern
Orthodox Church”.
The Shia –Sunni Split
Schism in Islam between Shia
and Sunni began immediately
after the death of the Prophet
Muhammad around 632 as
Muslims were divided into
two groups; those who
supported Abu Bakr as the
first successor (Caliph) of the
Prophet Mohamed and those
who believed that Mohamed’s
son-in-law and immediate
cousin, Ali, should be the
Caliph.

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Cult
Cult is a group or movement if it acts in ways that
are illegal or otherwise unacceptable in a civilized
society.
Watch the video “Why do people join cults?” and
answer the questions:

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Questions:
• What are the most infamous cults? How did their
followers end?
• What does the saying “They drank the Kool-aid”
mean?
• What is specific about a cult?
• Why do people join cults?
• Who are cult leaders?
• Why is it difficult to leave a cult?

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Questions:
• What types of religions can be singled
out?
• What are three largest religions?
• How can each of the ten largest religions
be described?
• What is schism?
• What is the difference between the
church and the cult?

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Thank You
©Kazakh-American Free University

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REFERENCES:
Macionis, J. J. (2012). Sociology (14th
ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Education, Inc.
Sociology Lesson
The wisdom of Sociology: Sam
Richards
at
TEDxLacador
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g
WD6g9CV_sc]

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Camera and Video Editing:
Kirill Komnev
Daria Ryabichenko
Technical support:
Igor Biryuchenko
Natalia Moshenskaya
©Kazakh-American Free University