Rels 2001 Midterm Study Guide Fall 2014
Rels 2001 Midterm Study Guide Fall 2014
Your midterm exam will be a combination of objective and short answer questions. The content of the exam will be the theorists, terms, and concepts covered in class discussions as well as the required course readings. It is suggested that along with using this study guide, you review the PowerPoints on D2L along with your notes and Coursepack. Objective questions may be in the form of multiple choice or true/false. Short answer questions will concern the larger concepts we have covered and require a short paragraph (a few sentences) that explains the significance of a text or the application of a term onto a text/practice. Terms and Concepts *Note: This list is meant to be a guide for studying, but not intended to be comprehensive of the information covered in class that could appear on the exam.*
OBJECTIVE SECTION
Terms
polythetic monothetic religious man chaos Ruether
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Kami
Veda 10.72
Matthew 28 section
Varnashramdharma
Communitas
Kiva
Etic
Osage
Modern man
Enuma Elish
Genesis 1
Elohim
Yahweh
Gospel of Mary
Paul Tillich
Upanishad 1.4
Romans 6 section
Karma
Gill
Purity Ball
Emic
Cosmogony
Marduk
Genesis 2-3
Orthodox
Canon
Vedas
bris/brit
Garuda Purana van Gennep
Disenchantment
Evangelical
Eliade
Profane space
Axis mundi
Hymn to Aton
Qur’an 7 heterodox Pagels
Parusha
Baptism
Samsara
Turner
Hopi
Perennial sacred space hierophany Gnostic
Shinto
Veda 10.90
Moksha
Liminality
Kachinas
Lists (be able to define these as well)
Smart’s 4 virtues in studying religion
4 functions of rituals
3 kinds of rituals
And, of course, be familiar with the content of the readings.
Example content questions: In the Shinto creation myth, two deities perform a ritual that goes poorly the first time for what reason?
The Osage, a Native American group, told a creation story in which what animal plays a prominent role?
How to Study the Readings
Primary sources: Know key figures as well as the significance of the text
Your midterm exam will be a combination of objective and short answer questions. The content of the exam will be the theorists, terms, and concepts covered in class discussions as well as the required course readings. It is suggested that along with using this study guide, you review the PowerPoints on D2L along with your notes and Coursepack. Objective questions may be in the form of multiple choice or true/false. Short answer questions will concern the larger concepts we have covered and require a short paragraph (a few sentences) that explains the significance of a text or the application of a term onto a text/practice. Terms and Concepts *Note: This list is meant to be a guide for studying, but not intended to be comprehensive of the information covered in class that could appear on the exam.*
OBJECTIVE SECTION
Terms
polythetic monothetic religious man chaos Ruether
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
Kami
Veda 10.72
Matthew 28 section
Varnashramdharma
Communitas
Kiva
Etic
Osage
Modern man
Enuma Elish
Genesis 1
Elohim
Yahweh
Gospel of Mary
Paul Tillich
Upanishad 1.4
Romans 6 section
Karma
Gill
Purity Ball
Emic
Cosmogony
Marduk
Genesis 2-3
Orthodox
Canon
Vedas
bris/brit
Garuda Purana van Gennep
Disenchantment
Evangelical
Eliade
Profane space
Axis mundi
Hymn to Aton
Qur’an 7 heterodox Pagels
Parusha
Baptism
Samsara
Turner
Hopi
Perennial sacred space hierophany Gnostic
Shinto
Veda 10.90
Moksha
Liminality
Kachinas
Lists (be able to define these as well)
Smart’s 4 virtues in studying religion
4 functions of rituals
3 kinds of rituals
And, of course, be familiar with the content of the readings.
Example content questions: In the Shinto creation myth, two deities perform a ritual that goes poorly the first time for what reason?
The Osage, a Native American group, told a creation story in which what animal plays a prominent role?
How to Study the Readings
Primary sources: Know key figures as well as the significance of the text