Question

religious and ethical beliefs
directions: given below are various ethical beliefs and forms of religious
expression. label each with the religion or ethical system(s) that it is part
of. use the letters of the religious/ethical system(s) listed in the box below.
(you will use more than one letter for many items.)
vedic religion (v) christianity (chr) judaism (j) buddhism (b)
hinduism (h) confucianism (cf) daoism (d) traditional chinese religion (ch)

1. recognizes powerful, divine forces of nature:
2. has many shrines to various deities across the country:
3. is most popular with common people, not upper classes:
4. has priests to conduct proper rituals:
5. preaches nonviolence:
6. has sacred texts:
7. has monks and nuns:
8. has only one god:
9. has female deities:
10. denies the importance of deities:
11. harmonizes with patterns and cycles of natural world:
12. practices sacrifice of animals:
13. stresses solitary contemplation and meditation:
14. sometimes builds elaborate temples or churches:
15. believes in survival after death in some form:
16. stresses courtesy, loyalty, and deference toward others:
17. assigns specific roles to specific classes of people in life:
18. calls for ancestor veneration:

Explanation:

1. Vedic religion and traditional Chinese religion recognize divine natural forces.
2. Hinduism and traditional Chinese religion have widespread deity shrines.
3. Daoism was more popular among common people historically.
4. Vedic religion, Hinduism, Christianity, and Judaism use ritual priests.
5. Buddhism and Hinduism teach nonviolence (ahimsa).
6. Vedic religion, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Confucianism have sacred texts.
7. Buddhism has an established monastic order of monks/nuns.
8. Christianity and Judaism are monotheistic (one god).
9. Vedic religion, Hinduism, and traditional Chinese religion include female deities.
10. Buddhism and Confucianism do not center on divine deities.
11. Daoism and traditional Chinese religion focus on natural harmony.
12. Vedic religion and Judaism practiced animal sacrifice.
13. Buddhism and Daoism emphasize meditation/contemplation.
14. Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism build elaborate houses of worship.
15. Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and traditional Chinese religion believe in afterlife forms.
16. Confucianism stresses courtesy, loyalty, and deference.
17. Hinduism (caste system) and Confucianism (social hierarchy) assign class-based roles.
18. Confucianism and traditional Chinese religion focus on ancestor veneration.

Answer:

1. V, Ch
2. H, Ch
3. D
4. V, H, Chr, J
5. B, H
6. V, H, Chr, J, B, Cf
7. B
8. Chr, J
9. V, H, Ch
10. B, Cf
11. D, Ch
12. V, J
13. B, D
14. H, Chr, J, B
15. H, Chr, J, B, Ch
16. Cf
17. H, Cf
18. Cf, Ch