Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shamrock, Immanence, Books Of Kings

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1022A/B
• Professor: Corrine Walsh

Document Summary

Trace common religious ancestry back to abraham. Geographically, all three religions started in the middle east, specifically around the area of. Trace their religious ancestry back to abraham. Believed to be a real person who existed around 1700 bce (before the common era) This way of telling time is influenced by christianity. Changing it to c. e. is a way to be inclusive, and take a secular approach to units of time. Most scholars believe that there was someone named abraham. He is the patriarch and the male head of the family. Lineage goes back to abraham and sarah through isaac and jacob has children through the. Lineage goes back to abraham and hagar through ishmael this leads to islam. Abraham is important because he did something that was uncommon at the time. Pagan and local indigenous religions were common at the time, and people would pray to different gods.