Religion

World Religions
REL 2300
Review for test on Shintoistic and Sikhism

Shinto and what the term means
* Way of the spirits
Shinto creation myth
* legitimate humans created the gods and lacquer
* Exerting excess into insufficiency
Bushido and samurai
* Military warrior way
* Members be called samurai
* Bushido- is a combination of three religions- Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto
Japans self-imposed isolationism and Commodore Perry
* Japan closed itself off for 300 years
* Commodore Perry reopened japan by force
State Shinto
* Mandatory Shinto
inclose Shinto
* Voluntary Shinto
Effects of the loss of World war II on Shinto
* Became consumerism
Kami
* Anything sacred awe and/or subjection
* Moon, sun, nature
Cause of disharmony
* Failure to maintain relationship with the Kami
telling of Shinto and Buddhism among Japanese
* Shinto- Religion of the living
* Buddhism- Religion of the retiring and the dying

Elements of a Shinto shrine
* Tori- open gate way
* Haiden- outer shrine
* Honden- national shrine
Shinto ceremonies and Christmas
* Great purification, June. 30th , Dec. 31
* Coming of hop on ceremony- Jan. 15 (21 year olds come to Shinto shrine)
* Festival of the elderly Sept.



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* Christmas is a national festival with more emphasis on Santa Claus than Jesus Christ
Musubi and chuto-hanpa
* Musubi- creativity and production
* Chuto-hanpa- a little of this a little of that
Consumerism
* What Shinto has become
Religions in South Korea
* importantly secular
* 25% religiously affiliated
* Those religiously affiliated: 70% Buddhist, 30% Christians
Leader fear in North Korea
* They worship their leaders
Kabir
* First guy that started combing Hindu and Islamic ideas
Life of Nanak
* Founder of Sikhism
* Born a Hindu
* Poet who tended towards religion
* papa wanted him to go into the family business
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