Flashcards and recall.

Try this with Studies of Religion

1. Write one prompt per card. Use definitions, explanations or examples from your current topic.
2. Answer aloud before turning the card. Split a card if it asks for several unrelated facts.
3. Set aside missed cards and revisit them in a later session.

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Recall topics

• Name Ninian Smart's seven dimensions of religion.
• Smart's narrative (mythological) dimension
• Smart's experiential dimension
• Smart's material dimension
• Smart's social (institutional) dimension
• What are the four 'issues' (lenses) in the course's introduction to religious traditions?
• Give an example of a historical issue about religious traditions.
• What universal questions do religious traditions answer?
• Why is Buddhism used to show that belief in a god is not a prerequisite for a religion?
• Why use several of Smart's dimensions in one essay paragraph?
• Trinity
• Tawhid
• The Shema
• Brahman
• Atman
• Anatta
• Incarnation
• Saguna and nirguna Brahman
• Trimurti
• The 99 names of God in Islam
• Moksha
• Samsara
• Karma
• Nirvana (nibbana)
• Akhirah
• Olam ha-ba
• Imago Dei
• Fitrah
• Four purusharthas (aims of life) in Hinduism
• Resurrection of the body
• Eucharist (Holy Communion, Mass, Lord's Supper)
• Baptism
• Salat
• Sawm
• Shabbat
• Puja
• Vipassana
• Hajj
• Chrismation
• Why work from practices to beliefs in a Section A essay?