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Polytheistic Religions

Polytheistic Religions. What are the purposes of religions?. POLYTHEISM What does it mean?. Polytheism exists throughout the world. Can you name the polytheistic religion for each region/country?. Japan? Africa? India?. Polytheism exists throughout the world.

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Polytheistic Religions

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  1. Polytheistic Religions What are the purposes of religions?

  2. POLYTHEISMWhat does it mean?

  3. Polytheism exists throughout the world Can you name the polytheistic religion for each region/country? • Japan? • Africa? • India?

  4. Polytheism exists throughout the world Can you name the polytheistic religion for each region/country? • Japan? Shinto • Africa? Animism • India? Hinduism

  5. Hinduism

  6. Main Ideas • Based in India • 15% of the world! • Based on the caste system • Social ranking system • Born into rank • Created by the Aryans • Reincarnation • Holy book = the Vedas

  7. Main ideas continued… • Hundreds of Gods: • Big 3 • Brahma (creator) • Vishnu (preserver) • Shiva (destroyer) • What do you notice?

  8. Largest Hindu Temple in Delhi, IndiaWhat do you notice about the temple?

  9. Different Social Rankings in the Caste System • Brahmins: Scholars/Priests class – Educated elite and performed religious rituals • Kshatriyas: King/Warrior class • Vaisyas: Trader class • Sudras: Farmer/Artisan class • Untouchables: “Dalits”, outside of the social pyramid What is the purpose of a social hierarchy?

  10. Uh Oh! No Touch! Is there a social hierarchy at Shaker?

  11. Be glad you’re not an untouchable… Effects of the Caste System • Social hierarchy determined who you could eat with, the work they did, whom they could marry • Outcastes were considered impure • Butchers • Grave diggers • Trash collectors Why would these jobs be considered impure?

  12. Social Mobility? Q: What is the goal of a Hindu? A: Achieve moksha and end reincarnation. Q: How do you move up the caste system? A: Karma – this influences one’s caste, health, wealth, etc. Q: How do you reach enlightenment? A: Acquiring good karma, moving up the caste system through rebirths and then achieving moksha (the perfect understanding of all things)

  13. Spread of Hinduism – How would it spread?

  14. Shinto (think Japan) • Shinto = “way of the gods” • Fragmented country • What does this mean? • Clans worshipped own nature gods • Varied customs/beliefs evolved into earliest religion

  15. Main Principles • Respect forces of nature • Worship ancestors • KAMI  divine spirits that lived in nature • Remind anyone of a blockbuster movie recently?

  16. Animism - Africa • Local/tribal religion • Spirits regulate daily life • Spirits present in… • Animals • Plants • Nature • Souls of ancestors

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