Intro World Religion

[amyern2000]

i just too the test today. I studied IC plus read through all the posts here. I also looked up more information on the different religions. For me, IC would not have been enough. 90 questions on my test, about half of which was not on IC or within the posts, and I had to guess. Definitely know the IC, the questions that came from there were pretty straight forward (don't get me wrong there were some that were tricky and in depth). Here is what I remember:

Confucianism--Annalects, jen/li, the dynasties,

Hinduism--Vedas, Upniashads, enlightenment, Karma, Vishnu, Bhagavad Gita, caste system, sutra yoga, Bhakti, Theosophy,

Buddhism--four depressing sights of Buddha, Nirvana, Asoka, the sects of Buddhism (several questions on that), Zen, Shinto,

Taoism--Lao-tzu, know the men listed on IC within this section, Chuang-tzu,

Primal Religions--African religions, peyote,

Islam--Abraham, Mecca, Kaaba, Zoroastrians, imam, Caliphate, Sunni/Shia,

Judaism--Abraham, covenant, Jewish holidays, diaspora, sects of Jews,

Christianity--Paul, Jesus' early life, Stephen, Gnostics, a question about roman catholics and bishops, Calvin/Luther, different sacraments,

Look through the other posts since they have study guides and such. I have studied the IC for weeks now and still missed a few questions as I went through this. Like I said, there were many questions on things that were not on the IC or through out these posts. I had several questions about words (in their orig language) and what they meant. I thought it was hard, but I went in knowing this, too. Hopefully you will have a better background in different religions. There were many comparison questions r/t 2 or 3 religions. Good luck