BackgroundKnowledgeofReligionCuriousaboutnaturaleventsandtheoriginofhumanbeingsWorshiptothesupernaturalrulingpowerlivingintheheaven:thecreatorandcontrolleroftheuniverseintheformofhumanbeingMyths:storiestoexplainthemysteryofthenaturaleventsReligion:asytemofbeliefintheexistenceofthesupernaturalpowerandtheactivitiesandbehavioursthatareconnectedwiththissystemgod/godsgoddessesGod:christianity,Judaism,IslamThethreegeographicalareaswherereligionswereoriginated:Inida,ChinaandJapan,andMiddleEastIndia:Hinduism,Buddhism,Sikhism(锡克教),andJainismHinduism:BeliefindestinyandreincarnationChina:Buddhism,Confucianism,Taoism:Buddhism:Meditation:lookinginsideintooneselfforunderstanding,emptythemindofthoughtandfixattentionononematterEnlightenment:thestateoffreedomfromdesireandsuffering,leadingtotheuninonwiththespiritoftheuniverseConfucianism:basedonthephilosophicalthoughtsofConfuciousTaoism:anotherschoolofphilosophicalthoughtsbasedonthewritingofLaoZi.“Tao”(“道”)referstoapowerwhichevelops,surroundsandflowthroughallthings,livingandnon-livingtoregulatenaturalprocessesandnourishesbalanceintheuniverse.(psychology+philosophy).Shintoorshintoism(神道):ZenBuddism/Zen（神宗教）:JapaneseformofBuddhism.Itisverypopularintheweaternworld.TheMiddleEast:Zoroastrianism(拜火教),Judaism(尤太教),Islam,ChristianityJudaism(尤太教):thereligionofJewsbasedontheOldTestamentoftheBibleThreemajordenominationsofJudaism:Orthodox,ConservativeandReformThethreereligionsintheworldBuddhism:basedontheteachingofSakya-MuniAvarietyofreligiousscriptIslam:basedontheteachingofMuhammad,aprophet/messageroftheGodnamedAllahMuslim/MoslemMecca:whereMuhammadwasborninSaudiArabia;theholycitycityandspiritualcentretheKoranDietaryrestrictionChristianity:basedonthelifeandteachingsofJesusChristThetrinity:theunionofthethreeformsofGod:theFather,theSonandtheHolyspiritTheBibleTheOldStatement:thehistoryoftheJewsandtheirbeliefs.TheNewStatement:theteachingsofJesusChristandhisearlierfollowers.Thetwelveapostles:HechosesomepeopletospreadhisteachingChristmas:VirginMarygavebirthtoJesusChristbythepowerofGodatBethlehemJerusalem:(耶路撒冷)aholyplaceofIslam,JudaismandChristianitySt.Paul:broughtChristianitytoRome—1054.Easter:celebratetheResurrectionofJesusChristJudasCrucifixion:JususChristwasprosecutedbytheRomanGovernorandnailedonthecrossorbeingcrucifiedCrucifix:themodeloftheCrosswiththefigureofJuesusChristonitIn1054,ChristianitywassplitintotowbranchesRomanCatholic:acknowledgesthesupremacyofthePope:thebishopofRometheVaticanCity,CardinalsPriestorfatherEasternOrthodox:IstanbulinTurkey.Protestant:in16thcenturyMartinLutherprotestedalltheassumptionofsupremacyinspiritualmattesbytheRomanCatholicChurch.ministerTheChurchofEngland:amainsectordenominationofProtestantTheofficialstatereligionofEnglandThemonarchisthe“supremeGovernor”BishopTworeligiousprovinces:CanterburyandYorkThearchibishopofCanterbury:theprimateofEnglandThearchibishoporYorkVicar(主持)ClergymanMonasteryMonk:aPriest/Father(RomanCatholic)::Minister(Protestant)abbey:monk/nuns(brotherandsister)BuddhistAbbot:Buddhistmonk—BuddhistmonasteryBuddhistnun—BuddhistnunneryLaymanLamaTaoistTempleTaoistpriest宗教背景知识好奇的自然事件和人类的起源崇拜超自然的执政生活在天堂：创作者和宇宙控制器在人类的形式神话：故事来解释自然现象之谜宗教：一个在超自然的力量和活动，并与此系统相连接的行为存在的信念sytem上帝/神女神神：基...