RELI 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELI 100
• Professor: David Dakake

Document Summary

Christos: means anointed, anointed by gods with holy oil. Islam: named for a term meaning submission, submission to the idea of god"s will. Taoism: yin and yang, dualities, opposites, ex. Black and white, hard and soft: ultimate goal to be in harmony with a principle. Aryans: nomadic tribes, moved south into pakistan into the sind river (1) in b. c. Vedic texts: aryans brought this which are sacred texts today. Hind (2: sind became hind, language mispronunciation. India (4: hindu people are not necessarily of hinduism religion. Dharma: means the duty, the principle, the spiritual way, texts reveal what it is to be human. Sanatana dharma: perineal continuously, throughout time, perineal principle, way duty, truth that manifests itself over and over, christianity- christ comes once. Incarnations of divinity (the truth: 10 known, the first 3 are animals. Rishis: seers people of vision, they heard from heaven the words of the scripture in sanskrit.