RELG 1040 Midterm: RELG 1040- Test 1 - Hinduism - Study Guide
21 Sep 2017
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The test will cover the following materials: textbook, pp. Places of worship: hinduism (youtube video: important names and terms, vedas- 4 collections of hymns revealed to vishi"s through sight and sound, upanishads- eternal, secret texts for those seeking higher knowledge, beginning. What are the two main approaches to studying religion, according to theodore. How is sympathetic imagination relevant to the study of religion: can"t have biases, cannot con ne ourselves to the familiar, have to be able to understand why other people believe and practice what they do. Why is it so di cult to generalize about. Hinduism: term from sind river but called it hin, on one side of river were termed hindu . Why or why not: henotheism- one as well but di erentiates into meaning various windows to one, one main deity but di erent windows to get there. What is the true nature of the self, according to the upanishads: to become brahman.
