E.+Jacinta



// Question One: // **//__Outline the changing patterns of religious adherence from 1945 to the present using census data. __//**  In 1947 86.6% of Australia were Christians. In 2001 67.5% of Australians were Christians. In 2001 67.5 percent of Australia were Christians. This drop in numbers makes us query what actually happened, to make such a larger difference.  In 1981 it was believed that 0.5 per cent of Australia was inhabited by Muslims. By 2001 1.5% of Australians were Muslims, following the second world war there was an economic boom, creating new employment opportunities many Muslims took advantage of this, came to Australia and enjoyed a new life.  Muslims have brought their traditions over to Australia as it was still their culture. There are still Muslims that participate in Ramadan which is where they fast for 40 days (they only eat when sun is down.) to show their love and devotion to god.  Christians partake in the traditions of Holy Communion to show their pureness towards the lord. To cleanse the young from sin.  Amongst the Christians there are over 500 schisms the main ones being Anglican (20.5) catholic (26.6) Lutheran, orthodox, Methodist (who in 1977 died out and joined the uniting church which started that same year) Baptist and Presbyterian (who also joined the uniting church in around 81)  Which there are changes with other religions in Australia since 1945 there are also changing patterns within Christianity.  From 1947 most changes (seen through census data) have been the result of immigration and ware. From 47 we have had the end of world war ii, in 1960 the war in the middle east, in 1977 a schism was introduced, in the 70’s a war in Lebanon, 80’s civil unrest in eastern Europe and in the 1990’s communist in Hong Kong.  As a result of these significant events the patterns of religious beliefs have changed rapidly. Although Christianity has remained the dominant religion of Australia throughout time, According to the census data patterns are still changing. Having no religion has been the rapidest change since 1901 when only 0.2% had no religion and in 2001 15.5%. This is proof that the religious belief are still changing. // Question Two: // **//__Describe the impact of Christian ecumenical movements in Australia provide a detailed description of a current project. __//**   Ecumenism defined is the coming together of Christianity to discuss beliefs and differences, restoring unity amongst the Christian churches; its main aim is to come together to join in harmony and peace, and to create tolerance as it is highly required in a multi/ cultural and multi/faith society  People that mainly assist in the spreading of harmony, peace and tolerance are organisations like the NCCA, the national council of churches in Australia. This group acts as an umbrella to bring all Australia’s Christian churches together. A few churches and variants of Christianity that are represented: Anglican church of Australia, Greek Orthodox church, Roman catholic church, Uniting church in Australia, Salvation army and many more. All together its 17 Christian churches from Australia. The NCCA has embarked on a mission to assist Indonesia, Sumatra which was hit by a powerful earth quake on the 30th of September 2009. 500 home have caved in and about 800 people have lost their lives (many are presumed to be dead) the NCCA have acted for peace straight away by, being in accordance with the act for piece appeal asking for donations, gifts and by providing the 12 most affected villages with food, Shelta, health services, water, sanitation and will assist in the reconstruction buildings. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> The NSW Ecumenical Council is a group of 16 churches from NSW and the ACT. Much like the NCCA the NSW ecumenical council provides opportunities for people to reflect and worship together ecumenically. This council is made up of three variants of Christianity (catholic, protestant and orthodox.) <span style="color: #d885ef; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; msoasciithemefont: major-latin; msohansithemefont: major-latin;">The NSW ecumenical council has set up in conjunction with the Women Cameron which has arranged the world day of prayer, it will commence on Friday the 5th <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> of March 2010. It is a global ecumenical movement which brings Christians of many traditions together to observe a common day of prayer each year. To enrich Christian faith as it grows deeper into ecumenical expression. Question Three: <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> **//__<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Evaluate the importance of interfaith dialogue in multi-faith Australia referring to at least 3 traditions. __//**<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Interfaith dialogue is summed up to be: collaboration, respect, awareness, unity, peace, tolerance and understanding among many other words. It is important to have interfaith dialogue as it is the discussion between various traditions to bring about all of those words .Respect helps us to tolerate differences which then in turn helps us to understand more of others culture and unite with them. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Interfaith dialogue is not set to change others religious beliefs it is purely to help us understand their belief system socially we may not necessarily have to agree with it but we are there to tolerate, respect their ways and understand their doings. It makes dialogue effective, which brings about peace. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Interfaith dialogue first picked up around the time of 1989 the year in which the soviet war in Afghanistan was relinquished bringing peace to Afghanistan and in that same year the velvet revolution <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in Czechoslovakia <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">was seen across the world peace protesters kicked out a communist leader without any fighting, injuries or more importantly weaponry. During this year there was a world conference of religion and peace held in Melbourne which was supported by interfaith dialogue. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Although there was some collaboration between different religions it was enough to start a revolutionary change for peace and interfaith dialogue but it was a start as In 1995 Islamic, Jewish and Christian adherents joined their first press release on a foreign affairs issue calling for strong action on the political situation in Bosnia. Interfaith was coming together now, at the Vesak celebrations at the Na tien Buddhist temple in Wollongong, verses of the Koran where chanted by an Inman, this showed that Buddhists and Muslims celebrated together. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> After September 11 attack and the Bali bombing it was the catalyst of the realisation that Interfaith Dialogue needed to be well known and pick up its existence. The Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Jews was officially launched in March 2003 after heavy preparations for 12 months prior to the launch which was proceeded by informal contact with the NCCA, the AFIC (the Australian federation of Islamic councils) and the ECAJ( executive council of Australian Jews). <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> During the Australian national dialogue of Christians, Muslims and Jews key concepts where discussed, Ji-had (internal struggles) Zionism (movement in order to develop a homeland in Palestine for the Jews) and the trinity (the union of father, son and the holy ghost in one god head. <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">  As part of ongoing efforts to sustain peace and stability in the country, more than 150 Christian and Muslim women have participated in a three-day reconciliation and peace-building seminar. Participants discussed a wide range of issues, including the need for networking and collaboration among them as it related to sustainable women’s contributions to peace-building and development. Question Four: **//__<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Account for the present religious landscape in Australia in relation to (I) immigration, (ii) denominational switching, (iii) new age religion, (iv) secularism using the latest census data from the ABS. __//** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> We live in a society which is generally considered to be multiethnic, multifaith and multiracial. Today 68% of the population in Australia call themselves Christian yet fewer attend church regularly. Social change has been enormous, divorce rates are around 30%, homosexuality is legal, and people advertise their sexuality, their faith, their nationality and race with pride. Although there is still fear and distrust between some groups due to an anti social and a destructive behaviour of some individuals <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Since 1945 approximately 6 million people to Australia their contribution to our culture and society has shaped this nation. The Australian population grew by 5.7% during these 5 years 1996- 2001. Australia’s immigration boom was the result of the end of World War 2. 100thousand refugees had arrived by 1950 and Asians were not accepted due to the white Australian policy. Migrants were expected to assimilate quickly without causing any noticeable change. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Wars/conflict in the Middle East has seen many Muslims seek asylum in Australia. These people are continuing the long trend of people with a desire to improve theirs lives and wellbeing. After the war, individuals and families looked for a safe place to work and live-because of this and other reasons, thousands of people wanted to come to Australia. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Roman Catholic migrants arrived from Malta, Italy, central Europe, Middle East and Asia. Catholics arrived from southern and eastern Europe. The numbers of Buddhists in Australia are now made up of migrants especially refugees from Vietnam. In the 1970’s the white Australia policy was abandoned allowing Buddhists Muslims and Hindus to settle. Islam is the largest non Christian faith in Australia and probably the one that has attracted most negative attention which was mostly derived from political social and cultural factors. Islamic migrants arrived from turkey Lebanon, Yugoslavia and Pakistan. Dews grew steadily in numbers in the 40’s and 50’s but have shown a significant decline against the population growth. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Denominational switching occurs when a person changes from one denomination of their origin to another. As a result Pentecostal costal attendance grew by 16% in 5 years. In 1996 switching jumped to 38% attendees switched in from other denominations, new comers/ rejoined and the birth of children boosted numbers. Attendees leave by switching out, ceasing attendance and death. Sometimes theses changes are associated with monetary wealth or social influence. Often people of lower status religions change to join higher status groups. Switching denominations is the result of religions competing with each other. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> New age religions have no holy texts, central organisation, membership, formal clergy, geographic centre, dogma, creed etc. It is in fact a free flowing spiritual movement, its a grip of the believers who shear in similar beliefs, They focus on individual. They frequently have guru who provides an answer to life’s questions, sometimes asking for a financial commitment in return. People opted for para-religous activities such as yoga or meditation. New aged beliefs and practices can encompass things such as reincarnation or karma, channelling (making contact with spirits) crystals (possessing healing qualities) music and astrology. Some new age religions are paganism (they like to live in harmony with the environment) spiritualism (having a belief in a higher power, god and belief in spiritual life after physical death) and Wiccan (the practise of magic or psychic energy. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Secularism can be generally described as any movement or concept witch rejects religious belief or adherence. In the 2001 50 thousand people stated agnostics, atheists, humanists or rationalists making them secular. In 1971 the no religion category was included for the first time which explains the large increase in this category. The reasons for reduced attendance/adherence may fall under these categories: 1. PROCESS boring church services/organisation/experience. 2. BELEIF disagreement with their views. 3. ALTURNATVES other things to do/commitments. 4. ATTITUDES lack of involvement. 5. TECHNICAL no transport. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> By: Jacinta Douglas....... 2 unit religion <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">

ISLAM: NOTES. - visit mecca to pray to Alah submit to him. Centre of the islamic religion.(haj) 17,750 is the year in which paper was created in order for them to develop their religion. spread the word of the Koran. crusades pope urban the 2nd led us to believe that Islams where dumb and backwards. he sent people out to claim the land jerusalem muslims were caught off guard. Baghdad is a place of tight religious beliefs and among them protecting ting that begins war. hindus have hatred towards them christians dominated europe,spain, america. Muslims wanted to take over spain for their climate, wether, region. middle east were surrounded by christians making them surrounded and they couldn’t expand on their intelligence as christianity made islams learnings become supressed. islamics are conquering africa and asia. they were an advanced religion, medicine, photography. baghdad is the centre of their religion. Blastfimy = to go against the word of god koran was written in arabic.important significance is taken away if it is translatted.

IN CLASS NOTES: definition of Islam... to submit to god, to be a good muslim must submit to Alah. 300,000 muslims live in australia. Micasa, Indonesia. in 16th century. N.T. More came in the first settlement of the europeans. They have lived here for over 200 years. Australian law of the land over rules the law of their religion by having only marry one person. Aussie have very negative views towards muslims. They pray individually. friday prayer is mainly for men. must face the direction of meca saudi arabia. North east. koran is a sacred text written by allah. meditate to reach a better understanding of the koran.

ghe-had: internal struggle.( suicide bombers are not true islamic believers.) they read the koran and it confuses them as they interpret it the wrong way becomes problematic.

-principal ethical teachings... -explain the process of Islamic jurisprudence using an annotated diagram or model. -Describe the importance of ethical teachings in determining that which is (a) Halal (b) haramm.
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SOURCES (of ethical teachings:)

Islamic Ethics

__**//SHARI'A LAW ( sacred law of Islam)//**__

This is the pathway for muslims, it guides the way to worshipping the koran and the prophets practice. It is the pure and righteous intention seeking gods pleasure through performance of religious rituals. Shari’ah law covers every aspect of life in a traditional society. Ethical rulings for modern developments were answered through authorities being the koran, then the Hadith, then the Ijma.

__**//THE QUR'AN(koran) reading and recitation.//**__

The written record of the revelation of allah to muhammad during his lifetime. Allah was an apostle that appeared to Muhammad. Muhammad received Allah's messages the Qur'an over 23 years. The koran is believed to be the soul/heart of the religion. Once the book was put together is was arranged in 114 suras, the largest being at the front and the shortest at the back. The koran is so significant to this religion as it is in its entirety a revelation of allah that withholds information on prayers, fasting, pilgrimage and it reflects the early historic significance of islam. The Koran is consistently read in order for muslims to feel closer to their beliefs. A message from the Koran states in every chapter that Allah is one and only he is to be worshipped. Allah was the author and muhammad the prophet was the receiver of the koran. Qur'an : some muslims memorize the Qur'an. Most memorize a chapter. its the source of islamic doctrines, Islamic law, Intellectual aspects of islam. Qur'an means recitation. The final quran is arranged in order of descending length. There are no variations of the quran text.(no children's bible, no good news etc.) The quran is the first and last thing a person hears.

__**//THE HADITH//**__

The hadith helps to arrange and decode the koran, this helped and led to more people becoming interested in the revelations of allah and the prophets actions and practices. The hadith has the same likeliness as the koran as they both lay down correct behavior for the ordering of islamic society. Islam was a world where contracts and covenants were verbal, keeping your word was a very important ethical practice. The Hadith also contains laws against anti-social behavior. The hadith is a book of quotes., Its a narrative of the life and sayings of the prophets. Where as the sunna details the actual life of muhammad. The hadith includes the sayings of the prophet, in order of religious importance the hadith comes second to the Qur’an. There are two kinds of Hadith the first is the Sacred Hadith the words of god uttered by Mohammed. The second being the Noble Hadith in which details of actions and words of the prophet.

( Quote from text book: Cambridge Studies Of Religion by Jonathan Noble and Christopher Hartney.)

“//Whoever shows enmity to a friend of mine, is engaged in war against me.”// HADITH 109.

__**//LIJMA ( consensus of scholars.)//**__

After checking the koran, if there is still doubt or argument on a moral issue regarding Shari'a law the particular muslim community will consult to a consensus (Ijma) Grey areas are often founded in the koran ad the law of Islam. The muslim community take their matter to the Islamic Jurists or their local mosque (who the community don’t believe that mosque leaders are not special or completely divine they just believe are well educated in their religion) to discuss the matter and consult the koran to ensure that their matter doesn’t breach the commandments of Allah making it legal in the eyes of the prophet.

__**//JURISPRUDENCE://**__ _surrendering to the will of Allah is the key Islamic value: there are four ethical sources -Koran -Sunna -Ijma- consensus -Qiya- analogies drawn from the Qur’an together these four values form the guidance principles of Islam. With a consensus Muslims believe that it may be able to cure a ghe-had (an internal struggle) after reading the Koran some muslims may interpret it the wrong way which in time becomes problematic. With a consensus muslims need to realise that their final result may not be the correct answer as it goes against the law of the Land. In countries such as Iran, Nigeria, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sudan and Arabia a consensus will determine the final result because these countries abide by the religious law.

__**//Halal & Haram.//**__

Haram: Evil/ Bad. Something that Allah and the prophet have forbidden is Haram. Examples of things that are Haram are eating food like pork, drinking alcohol and engaging in intercourse outside of marriage. Engaging in these acts would lead to punishment in the afterlife.

Halal: Good/Right. An act that Allah an the prophet consider Halal would be things such as peace and blessings upon them. They consider things Halal as good and lawful. Halal acts are also acts like wearing a Berka or a He-jag, praying towards mecca ( North East) ad fasting etc.

part a) 5 pillars, 7 articles, halal, haram and their sources. part b) jurisprudence part c) halal, haram

PART B:

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I believe that the bible is known to be the source of authority for christians and its over one billion adherents. It is considered the most important book in the world, this is simply because it's gods word. It is believed that when you read a bible your reading a message from god himself. The bible is a living book that speaks to peoples hearts in every-time and place. The bible documents gods life.======

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The Torah is the law its made up of the 5 books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and deuteronomy. The Nevi'im is the prophets consisting of Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekial.======

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testament shows the covenant with the church through Christ. The new testament shows the four gospels, the gospels tell the stories of jesus' life. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The new testament also tells stories called parables they illustrates a moral or religious teaching. That man jesus rises again after death, He taught by saying, that God is not the God of the dead but of the living, and that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are living. He also taught the same in the parable of the rich man in hell and Lazarus in heaven (//Luke// 16:22-31).======

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the bible on one of these matters abortion is found in the donum vieta (vatican document) exodus 20:13,matt 5:21,Genisus 4:8 and the catechism 2270 the fifth commandment, human life must be respected and protected from the moment of conception.======

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The Divinity and humanity of Jesus was questioned for years by the council of Nicea. It was decided that Jesus was birth of the Characteristics. So he is both divine and human. They came to this agreement by saying a human is Homo-erectus, articulative so Jesus is human. He was human. Jesus was god made fully divine with a human nature. The Nicene Creed, the Hail Mary and the our father all give a good understanding of his humanity and divinity.Found in the catholic Catechism 475-482" Jesus had a divine will and a human will. In his earthly life the son of god humanly willed all that he had divinely decided with the father and the holy spirit for our salvation. The human will of christ followed without opposition or reluctance the divine will or, in other words it was subject to it."======

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The death and resurrection of Christ was not a historical event but it is a faith based event. The essence of the resurrection is that Jesus conquered death and rose bodily from the grave and returned to god. Various christians denominations see the resurrection as either bodily or spiritual. It is factual that Jesus died on the cross, that he was human, Jewish and that he was learnt about. It is of our faith that he rose again, he was divine, he performed miracles and that he will reveal himself again but in his second coming it is said that we will not recognize him.======

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The nature of god is that, there is no gender or an image that shows god. When God is thought of or spoken of, the words transcendent and immanent are automatically in our minds. This means that god is above, beyond and involved in the world. God is personal so he has a mind and will. Christianity is monotheistic. this teaches that there is only one god being the holy trinity. Tri out of the word trinity means three. The father (God) The son (Jesus) and the holy spirit are three equal persons in the one whole god. By saying that god is transcendent and immanent, we are saying that god is a transcendent being meaning he is above the world. Where as Jesus of an immanent nature, he is involved in the world and the holy spirit is from god which combines the transcendence and immanence together. The father creates, the son redeems and the holy spirit maintains. “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.”======

=**WEEK 7 - Wednesday and Thursday Self Directed Learning**= You are required to complete the following research using the links below []

**[|**Origin of the Name of Jesus**]**
<span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">In this article, we shall consider the two words -- "Jesus" and "Christ" -- which compose the Sacred Name. []

**Questions**
1. Explain the origin of the name (a) Jesus and (b) Christ. //A) Jesus is the translation in hebrew of joshua meaning salvation. B) Chritos meaning annointed.Greek.//

2. Use the scripture quotes in the reading (a) find 5 Scripture passages and write out the whole quote (b) Who was Josephus? //A)// //May// [|//God//] //be gracious to you, and remember his covenant that he made with//[|//Abraham//]//, and// [|//Isaac//]//, and// [|//Jacob//]//, his faithful servants:// //3// //And give you all a heart to worship him, and to do his will with a great heart, and a willing// [|//mind//]//. This quote is from 2 macabees chapter 1. verse 2-4 B)Josephus was a well educated man born in Jerusalem A.D 37.Came out of a priestly family.//

3. Give the Latin name for (a) Jesus and (b) Christ //A)Jesus. B)Christos.//

4. How did the title 'Christian' develop? //Christianity was developed in the Catholic Church alone.//

**[|**The Holy Name of Jesus**]**
<span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">We give honour to the Name of Jesus, because it reminds us of all the blessings we receive through our Holy Redeemer. [] <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 25px;">Questions 1. Use this reading to outline why the name of Jesus is holy. //His name reminds us of all the blessings we've recieved through our holy reciever.//

2. What role have the various Popes (Urban IV, John XXIII, Clement XIII and Benedict XIII) played in ensuring the name of Jesus is holy //they speak of his name highly, placed it in prayers.//

3. Why is IHS significant for Christians? //The way in which his name was written in the middle ages was found on a gold coin in the eighth century.//

**[|**Early Historical Documents Concerning Jesus Christ**]**
In this article, we discuss the ancient historical documents -- pagan, Jewish, and Christian -- referring to Christ's life and work. [] Questions 1. Outline what **//pagan//** sources say about Jesus? //they arent believers.//

2. Outline what **__Tacitius__** has to say about Jesus? //a deadly superstition in the eyes of the romans.//

3. Describe what Pliny the Younger says about Jesus? //he wonders how to treat the christians in his jurisdiction.//

4. Describe Josephus' understanding of Jesus. //Josephus// //could not represent Jesus Christ as a simple moralist//.

5. Outline what Christian sources say about Jesus? Christians love the lord, it is reflected by the bible references.

**[|**Chronology of the Life of Christ**]**
In this article, we shall endeavour to establish the absolute and relative chronology of our Lord's life [] Questions 1. Construct a Time line of the Chronology of the life of Jesus. Ensure that you attribute a scripture passage to each point on the time line.

**[|**The Character of Jesus Christ**]**
Here we consider the character of Jesus as manifested first in His relation to men, then in His relation to God. <span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">[] <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 800; line-height: 25px;">Questions 1. From the section 'Divinity of Jesus' what is your understanding of the Divinity of Jesus?

**[|**The Mystery of the Incarnation**]**
The Incarnation is the mystery and dogma of the Word made Flesh. [] Questions 1. Outline the Nature of the Incarnation as described in Section II Incarnation is the fact of the Divine nature of Jesus, Human nature of Jesus.

2. Outline the effects of the incarnation on Christ Himself (Section III) Catholics believe that before the Resurrection ,the Body of Christ was subject to human nature he was subject to hunger, thirst, pain, death.

3. Define The Incarnation. to die in one form e.g a human person and return to earth in another form for example a tree, animal or even another human

**[|**The Resurrection of Jesus Christ**]**
Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life. In this article, we shall treat of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, including its characteristics and importance [] Questions 1. Construct a Table of Facts about the Resurrection of Jesus. 2. List 5 Scripture passages that support the Resurrection of Jesus. 3. Choose ONE opposing THEORY and outline the central ideas of this theory.

**[|**Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus**]**
Devotion to the Sacred Heart is but a special form of devotion to Jesus [] Questions 1. Explain the concept of devotion in relation to Christianity. 2. Outline the historical ideas on the development of devotion.

**[|**Christology**]**
Christology is that part of theology which deals with Our Lord Jesus Christ. In its full extent it comprises the doctrines concerning both the person of Christ and His works; but in the present article we shall limit ourselves to a consideration of the person of Christ []

Questions
1. Outline Pauline Christology in dot points 2. Outline Christ's divinity in Pauline epistles. 3 In point form LIST the Christology of Catholic epistles.

Jesus! Human and divine, the trinity death and resurrection.

- a human is homo errectus, articulative, Jesus was human. - human n divine fully he was special for this reason. - was son of god but he was human. - all humans are created in the image and likeness of god. - the incarnation (the making) of jesus as human was an act of love from god for humanity.(mary 14 and joseph 30) - jesus was a jew as his mother was. - natural birth. - born to a human woman and died as a human being. - jesus is apart of the trinity - the 3 persons of the trinity are eternal.

- jesus is god and therefore has the power to defeat evil. - he is the archetype for human behaviour. - Jesus humanity shows the interrelatedness between god and humans. - christianity is monotheistic - the trinity is a belief that jesus was both human and god.he was god incarnate. - The trinity is not a biblical concept, but was probably first used by tertullian in the 2nd century.

- there is a threeness to god-father-son and spirit. All aspects are unique, equall and eternall. - not 3 gods. - 3 persons but only one divine being. they dwell in each other ( circuminecession.) meaning connection - the christian teaching is that the trinity os a mystery never to be understood by humans in their lifetime. - over the centuries there have been many attempts to understand the trinity( especially by augustine of hippo.)

jesus ministry. - country man roamed around spreading the word - ends up in jerusalem, arrested, brought before people and killed.

death. - executed via crucifixion.Josephus chronicled it. common way of dieing - the death penalty was typically used by the Romans for the crimes of insurrection and sedition. - after interrogation by pontius pilate, jesus was sent to Golgotha and executed along with two other criminals. - ramed a spear n his side and blood and water came out to check if he was dead. - both jews and romans wanted him killed.

resurrection - for christians the suffering experienced in jesus' life is overcome by a resurrection and a reunion with God. - Christians see that each believer will one day also be reunited with God in the same way. - The implication is: the human person will be transformed beyond death. - The resurrection is not a historical even but a faith based event. -

= = =**Please ENSURE you add you answers to your WIKI during EACH lesson.**=

Part A) 1.) Monotheism is highly practised in the religion Judaism.Monotheism exists in Judaism as the belief in one God. (deuteronomy 6:4)

2.) The main concept of moral law existing in the religion Judaism is to love your god with all your heart your mind and your soul, love your neighbour as you would love yourself . This is the law as if you are to follow this rule of life there will never be unjust actions occouring therefore god would not have to punish evil and wrong doings.

3.) The Central concept of covenant in Judaism is an agreement between god and man. The five major adhereants that god made B'rits with were Adam, Abraham, Moses, Noah and David.

1.) Jewish adhereants see Yahweh as all mighty and powerful they seen this through the effects and doings of the ten plauges they see him as the creator of everything, a mesiah.He is seen to have no beggining and no end.Yahweh is omniscient he knows all things and our thoughts.God is omnipotent and omnipresent meaning he can do anything and be everywhere.We use the pronoun of he when we refer to god because he was born out of a patriarchal society.
 * Part B)**

2.) Yahweh is a personal god with human characteristics. He revealed himself to the patriarchs. His revelation comes with ethical standards which his people must uphold in order to understand his ways. God reveals himself, his character as above everyone a transcendant nature, also as just and holy. He is a moral god; he has created good and evil, he demands that adhereant do good and he punishes those who are evil. These adhereant live to love and serve god by mirroring his ways an their pure devotion.

3.) The central concept of Covenant in Judaism is an agreement between god and man. Abraham was the only patriarch to speak to god. A covenant between himself and god was made at a time when Abraham was nomadic. God believed that he had the potential to be a great leader. So he went to him to establish a relationship between himself and Abraham. This is when Abraham accepted a B'rit. The B'rit being for Abraham to focus on monotheism, the belief in one god founded on their relationship. This is found in dueteronomy 6:4.

1.)Jewish people still see god as apart of their religion as they believe that he is still coming to save them.The jewish adhereants believe that God ,yahweh will only come to save them if they keep the world perfect and pure for him or in other words he will only come if they (on their own will) contribute to Tikkun Olam which is assisting in making the world a more pure and clean place as god asks in his commandments.If they do not live their life according to the mitzvot they are not worthy of being saved by him.God continues to be involved in this practise as he is still keeping that b'rit with them that he willl save them if they obey the mitzvot.
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2 : The Talmud also known as the torah is a book of important rules and laws which aids the jewish adhereants in the practise of the way of their life.There are 613 mitzvots, 248 of these are positive and 365 of them are negative e.g do not. An example of a negative mtzvot is that milk and meat products must be kept in separate areas in the home, this ethical issue effects this family and means that the Jewish family must have two separate sets of cooking rooms,cooking utensils,cleaning utensils and eating utensils. Mitzvots are simply orders of gods free will. This was found in exodus 32:33.

3 : The idea of covenant is kept alive to this day as the jewish adhereants participate and contribute to Tikkun Olam and Shabbat (sabath) this is the most important day of their week, as they believe it is day set aside by god for these adhereants to share in gods creation, the world.They believe it is a day of rest as he did on the seventh day once he had completed his creation. Shabbat is percieved as a day for jewish people to gain hope that he will come to save them, for them to adhere to his commandments and to his covenants

Shabbat is :a religious ceremony thats celebrated by the jews, includes aspects of passover.Its a comanmdment given by god that the seventh day is for rest and worship.One is to wear their best clothes on this day. One eats their best dishesand table wear at shabbat.

traditional orthodox jews do not turn on a light or off drive a car cook do any physical work write handle money no work no internet

ritual : shabbat begins at sunset and ends on saturday evening. tableis set with 2 candles to represent the two commandments.lit by the female.waves her hand over the candles and covers her eyes to symbolise that she isnt good enough to look at god. commandment 1 is to remember.(zachor) commandment 2 is to observe.(shamor)

Kabbalat Shabbat: all attends the synagogue for the evening service.they engage in kabbablat shabbat the welcoming of the sabbath. they husband blesses his wife when they get home then blesses the kids by reciting the kiddush the prayer over a cup of wine.

shabbat meal is special cholet a form of lamb stew. and challot is bread.

conclusion of the meal the prayer is birkat-ha-mazon is said.

havdalah is the shabbat prayer which ends shabbat.this involves blessing of wine blessing over spices blessing over 2 candles.

Adam Hills Assignment Reflection : I think that Adam put a lot of effort and hard-work into his presentation being the keynote and the questions and hieroglyphs sheet. Adam put a lot of effort into his speech and presentation. He was very confident in the way he spoke and clear pronunciation.Ancient Egypt

Sarah-Jane Reeds Assignment Reflection: I think that Sarah put a lot of time into her speech and that she was very focused on pronouncing the names of the gods which would have been hard. She clearly presented the creation story and the sacred spirits. It was evident that she put a lot of time into her research. She needs to work on her confidence and public speaking skills. Shintoism

Alexis Martinezs' Assignment Reflection : Alexis knew detailed information about her religion, i could tell that she was nervous and disappointed in the fact that her videos didn't get to work and that she didn't get to present her worksheets to the class. She was well spoken and had her research complete.Aztecs Tommy Hercegs' AssignmentRreflection: Tommy did half oh his work, he had a short presentation, but didn't know much about his chosen religion. He knew a lot about the gods as he presented a good short clip of them that he found on You Tube. Ancient Greek

Sarah Saids' Assignment Reflection: Sarah has evidentally done a lot of research and has dug very deep into her religion. She seems very confident on knowing what she is talking about. As she speaks you can tell she is a little bit nervous. Her worksheet was set out too close together and i didnt quite get all the answers as she flew through the slides. Very detailed assignment. Nordic Jessica Sullivans Assignment Reflection: Jess was very nervous,when she was presenting and i knew this as it cam through in her voice. Her information is the sam but different to sarah's as they did the same topic. Her presentation was pretty drawn out as she got a little bit confused during it. I could tell that she put alot of hardwork,research and effort into this assignment.Nordic

Alessandro Perris Assignment Reflection: Alessandro knew exactly what he was talking about,he sounded quite confident in what he was saying he just needed to know all the words he was saying. He had found out most information that was asked of him and his video followed aside what his topic was. This was done well. Ancient Greek

Myself Assignment Reflection: I felt confident whilst presenting a little bit afraid of not having the best powerpoint or technicall presentation like others. I was disappointed that i didnt get through all the questions as it would have benefitted their knowlegde of my research on Taoism.I was impressed that everyone was pronouncing it properly.

Marco Muscatellos Assignment Reflection: Marco did plenty of research on his religion.It was good that he took the inititative to create a powerpoint and find a video. It was evident that it took him a while to do this and that he had found plenty of info, he possibly needs to work on arranging his speech so that we could follow the questions properly.

Rachel Hamptons Assignment Reflection: Rachel has found ALOT of information on her chosen religion, all of her answers where linked back to each other.It was clear that it would have taken her a long time to make that powerpoint due to the amount of information that we were given. She had a strong understanding of her religion and the aspects of it. She spoke clearly, confidentally and did a good job with pronunciation.

Jacinta's Learning Page 200 Word Reflection. If every believer understood that their God, their religious belief was living inside of them (each solitary person) I believe that it would make them feel much stronger about their faith and much more comfortable practising the teachings, the ethics, the rituals and/or ceremonies.I believe this because every human looks after themself they look after their bodies and organs, if one day a human being at random realised understood and grasped the context that god is within them he is immanent they would care for it just as they care for themselves.This would help the person understand their faith more and feel more connected with the traditions their faith is involved in. If one person can grasp the context that god is immanent, then so can others. This could assist in the numbers of people that go to church and feel apart of the liturgy. Most of the time children don't have a clear understanding of religions expectations so they switch off.I used to switch off up until last year and this year has helped me become and indepth believer of transcendant and immanent god.It's much more than reading the bible its answering the ultimate religious questions which is exciting. If people realised their god was within them there would no longer be war,conflict ,riots ,broken familes ,bullying etc.People would be able to ask their god for forgiveness easier seemings he is the divine dwelling within

//Jacinta - where would the strength come from? how do you know people would be stronger? how do you explain conflict in the middle east when Jews believe in a God who knows their thoughts? Are there people who are motivated to search and live faith? Can faith be taught or is it part of who we are?//

//Mr Pate- response to your question: Can faith be taught or is it part of who we are?// //I believe faith can be taught in fact it is taught, faith is taught to young children when they are growing up and faith can also be taught to people who are marrying someone of a different faith for example My big fat greek wedding the man on that movie is christian and he wishes to marry a woman who's faith is the greek orthadox, in time he is taught the values and morals of her faith he then gets baptised in the greek orthadox, has a greek wedding and winds up having a child and sending her to greek school.So that is a prime example of a faith being taught to someone wether its a fictional movie or not the faith is there.//


 * ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS SUMMARISED:
 * Creation story
 * Beliefs of the religion

//In our mini assignment (oral and visual presentation)// //I felt that it was made to sound as though i didn't participate in any part of the work.////Which in all cases is WRONG! As i stayed back in my double free period and focused on completing all aspects of the questions given.////In group work i believe the group is to all agree on what is going to be written and changed and sacrificed, in our group one member didn't agree on a few things as they were gramatically incorrect and dumb according to her. So she went home the night before and changed all of my answers to sound as though she completed it.////all in all our group completed the task at hand and it still made sense.////we did alright.//

=**Self - Directed Learning - DUE Friday Week 6**= • outline the nature of the Dreaming in relation to: – origins of the universe : The dreaming in consideration to the universe is the belief of the creation of the universe, the dreaming connects the universe to their culture via stories being passed down through traditions. – sacred sites: Sacred sites for the dreaming consist of where ancestors have travelled, died making it sacred or had a significant moment. – stories of the Dreaming: Stories of the dreaming are about both of the things mentioned above stories of the dreaming vary from the creation story/origions of the universe to how the scared land became sacred etc. – symbolism and art: Symbolism and art referrs to what types of things can symbolsise another in the dreaming for example a totem for a specific member of the tribe symbolises their creation.Art is used to tell stories of the dreaming.

• discuss the diversity of the Dreaming for Aboriginal peoples The Dreaming is so diverse because it is known that there were around about 250 different tribes of Aboriginal people which would mean that each tribe had their own way of telling their dreamtime stories.So for every tribe their would be different stories.But they do have one common link this being their belief oin metamorhisis, imprinting and externalisation. • recognise the importance of the Dreaming for the life of Aboriginal peoples The dreaming is so important towards the life of an Aboriginal as it is the beggining of all, Its theri inextricable connection with the land and environment.Its is also important as it is they key from their past their key to their present and their jey to their future before them.Its an importance to their culture. • investigate the inextricable connection of the Dreaming, the land and identity The inextricabilty to land means the Aboriginals arent able to untangled ones self from the land meaning they will always be connected to it, they are linked.Their identity is formed from the land as it is their everything they are embodied in it.

a complex concept of fundamental importance to the aboriginal culture, embracing the creative era long past (when anscestral beings roamed and instituted Aboriginal society) as well as the present and the future. The dreaming is reflected in land, effects all life, its the time of creation, its the beggining, Inextricable link to the land, The embodiment to the land (within the structure). **
 * definition of the dreaming:

=**The Dreaming Mind Map**=


 * //Introduction Of Spirituality://**

Question 1: You only use a small (a) when you are using the term "aboriginie" as an adjective (one person). Question 2: You use a capital (A) when you are referring to the actuall group of "Aboriginals". Question 3: They prefer being called Aboriginies as Aboriginals makes them sound as though they have been denied as a race of people and they want to wipeout that race to make them non existent where as Aboriginies make their race sound as though they are their own identity of people. Question 4: Terra Nullius is another word for Empty land, this came about when Captain James Cook came to Australia and described it as empty land because the people here where Nomadic. Question 5: Belief Systems: - The dreaming, time of creation - Transferring knowledge of this from generation to generation. Via rituals of chants song dance and art - Their artwork and cave drawings represents their closeness with the land - Lived a simple lifestyle and they only took what they need. Behaviours: - Adapting from the changing nature and environment - Moved in groups - Each group spoke a language they all understood - Singing,dancing,telling stories,creating artwork.


 * //The Dreaming://**

Question 1: -belief - being a part of the environment -accepting lifes challenges, birth, death , marriage. -believeing everything is living -spirit lives after death -everything is equal -soul/spirit comes from the dreamtime -dreaming is all around you. Question2: I believe that defining the dreaming as the past,present and the future is a good way of saying what it is a bit of ellaboration is needed for example the dreaming is the past( the creation story and how things are made), it is the present( it is how things have changed and about telling stories of the past to your present people), and finally its about the future( what is going to soon happen in your opinion and who will be there to tell it.) Question3: I think that Koobar the Koalas story is a part of mythology as people now a days do not eat Koalas and they are infact treated ever so carefully as they are endangered species.We arent in drought as a curse we are in drought from Global Warming.

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 * //Art,Story,Song and Sacred Objects://**

Johnny Warangkula Kulwa Water Bird DreamingThis painting was produced by using blood, feathers ,grass and other organic materials.
-Concentric circles: usually reprsent camp sites ,waterholes ,or places of special significance. -Straight lines between circles: a way of travelling and if it joins the concentric circles that may be a path that the ancestors took. -Wavy Lines:Represents water underground or rain. -U shaped figure:Shows a person male or female is determined by what is next to it.

1:camp site water hole 2:man 3:fire,smoke,water,blood 4:two men sitting 5:rain 6:four woman sitting 7:water running between two water holes 8: a resting place 9:footprints


 * //The Land://**

My belief on metamorphisis is that its a transition into the afterlife making an ancestor into a material obect when one dies.e.g: a hig mountain peak may represent the body of an ancestor that stood up to look around at the surrounding of the country.

My belief on Imprinting is that its another transition different to the last being when an ancestor dies they leave the impression or the imprint of their body or a tool that they used.e.g: Many of the rocks found on the hills and plains are said to represent the ancestral beings.

My belief on externalisation is a transition in whjich when an ancestor dies he/she takes an object out of their body.e.g:lake Eyre was formed by a boy pursuing a kangaroo.Assisted by an old man and his dog to kill it, he gave the meat to the old man and took the skin back to his own country where he threw it on the ground.It ws then formed into the lake.

To all Aboriginies the land is not dead it is alive and inextricable to them.Aboriginals believe that they are embodied with in the land.

**__//Empathy Task:250 words//__**
If i were disposessed like the aboriginals and the half casts i would feel like i don't belong and if they are referring to me as a devil child or believer i would feel excluded and unwanted. The aboriginals and half casts are very much like the tsunami victims as they have lost most of their lives, as it was taken away from them not by choice but by disaster .An Aboriginal person hasn't chosen to have their lives taken away from them, the government just decided that having black people in their society was a problem so they called them an Aboriginal problem and decided that they needed to get rid of their race.

After watching this video i felt disgusted in what had happened and i couldnt believe that that sort of thing actually occoured in Australia.If you ask yourself like Tom did do other people in other countries know that this actually happened, well the answer is simply no they dont know that this happened because it was an injust act and was swept under the carpet until historians researched and discovered which i am guessing encouraged more Aboriginals to speak up about it and they voiced what had happened to their ancestors. What was a reoccouring act was that the *insert name here* was forcing photographs of the aboriginals andwhite men getting along to send these images back to england where they were sending letters telling them about how well they were getting along with the aboriginal society.

Another thing i find as the worst aspect of these tradgic doings is that the half casts were rejected by not only the Aboriginals and were rejected by the white people aswell so they had no way of being brougt up in their faith and rarely were they treated like a normal person. The half cast children were not accepted by the Aboriginals because they had white blood in them which they believed was the devil and White people didnt accept them because they also had black blood in them which they also thought was the devil.

I dont think i would be able to live as a person whos lives just get ripped away from them and they are forced in fact brainwashed to live a life as a slave or life a life training to be a slave. Being forced to walk thousands of miles to a prision for the simple fault of being a different race to the whites.Forced to live a sheltered life hiding for the rest of your years a the govenor has announced to all white people that they have permission to shoot any aboriginal seen and to not feel guilt about it.I believe that it was unjust towards the righteous owners of the land we live on today.

Assessment for Learning Task 1 Define the supernatural dimension of religion. (2 marks) The supernatural dimension of religion is the beginning of the universe how humans evolved according to our beliefs and religions practise.
 * Nature of Religion**
 * 35 marks – 10%**
 * Short Answer Questions**: //Nature of Religion (15 marks)//

List five (5) the characteristics of religion (5 marks)

one: belief and believers two: scared sites and people and practices three: rules morals four: traditions and ceremonies five: understandings of the creation.

Outline how the characteristics of religion interact to provide a living religion (3 marks) The characteristics of religion interact with humans making religion living as religion is the past present and future just like the dreaming religion is about what has occoured in the past what is occouring now and what will occour in the time to come.This makes religion alive as it is saying religion is everywhere. Religion is embodied within all believers.The Charcteristics of religion are sacred things, rules, traditions and creation the begging etc and by combining them you have a life being lead by your faith.

Describe the contribution of religion makes towards society (3 marks) Religion contributes to society in the way that we live and practise our faith.In order to be a believer you have to live the way your religion expects you to which is pretty much living in a religious manner this is contributing to society as your are being a better person making your society a better place to live.

Define transcendent (1 mark) Transcendent is defined as somewhere beyond a human life beyond us. God is transcendent as he is all around us beyond us. We can not get to him.

Define immanent (1 mark) Immanent is internally inside us. God may also be immanent he may be in each and everyone of us.


 * Short Answer Questions**: Aboriginal Spirituality (20 marks)

Outline the importance of the dreaming for Aboriginal spirituality. (4 marks) Its important to have the dreaming in Aboriginal spirituality as the dreaming is their belief and their teachings it is their creation story being passed down through different generations by story art dance and song. The dreaming is Inextricable for Aboriginals as it is their link to the land and it is embodied within them.

Explain the inextricable connection of the Dreaming, the land and identity to Aboriginal Spirituality. (4 marks) The inextricable connection with the Aboriginals to the land is their connection how the land is immanent to them, if an ancestor of the past has died and is buried within the land that therfore makes the land linked to the Aboriginals of the present.The Aboriginals belive that once an ancestor has died their spirit remains and may return as apart of the environment etc so they may very well be in the land which creates their connection.

Describe the importance of art and symbol within Aboriginal Spirituality. (4 marks) The importance of Art and symbol to an Aboriginal is that art helps the elders to tell stories of the dreaming to the young and they tell these dreamtime stories by drawing images with utensils such as blood and feather and rocks etc, to help the young understand. Symbols relate to the Aboriginals spirituality as once again if an ancestor dies they return as something which may become a totem of the Aboriginal and that particular totem becomes sacred to them as an individual.

Define the following (a) Metamorphosis (b) Imprinting (c) Externalization in relation to the land. (3 marks) metamorphosis is when the aboriginal becomes apart of something changes into a material object Imprinting is when the aboriginal leaves things in their place like rocks representing an ancestral being. Externalisation is when an ancestor takes apart of them and creates a river for example in their place.

Outline the impact of the ‘stolen generation’ on Aboriginal spirituality. (5 marks) The stolen generation impacted on aboriginal spirituality in a way that it totally disturbed their lifestyle. It made the Aboriginals feel as though they were about to give up on life.The stolen Generattion made it hard for Aboriginals to continue living their faith and teaching the values and dreamtime stories.

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LESSON ONE:
This lesson i wrote out my proposal for Mr Pate to see what steps i am going to undertake in order to achieve my goals.In this lesson i also chose which Ancient Religion i am going to be studying for our assignment. I have decided to work on Taoism (pronounced Daoism).I found a site and added it to my delicious account. (delicious.com/jdouglas1992) In this lesson i felt as though i worked well and complete what i was aiming to achieve.As far as it goes i am on schedule in accordance to my timeline.

LESSON TWO: During this lesson i subscribed to a taoism forum which then let me read and talk to (effectively communicate) to other taoist believers about the religion and helped me start to answer these questions for my assignment which i have done in my book. I placed this forum site onto my delicious account.

LESSON THREE: This lesson i spoke to someone on my forum to get an insight on the creation story of this ancient religion i am studying. I didn't get through much as it was a shortened lesson from assembly.

LESSON FOUR: This lesson i looked up some more information which was really useful out of the class text book that was purchased.The studies of religion preliminary book.It has a whole chapter on my topis Taoism. I found this really useful as it is aiding me in answering most of my questions.

LESSON FIVE: This lesson i figured out what i would like to do for the class, worksheets excetera. I had a look through some sheets and lessons that sir has run for our class and i thought i might do smething a little different just some basic comprehension questions about the text.

LESSON SIX: This lesson i typed up most of my research in the way that i want it to be presented and i just have to allow some time for myself to write up the questions for the class for my work sheet.

=**Celtic – Wednesday 1 April SDL**= =**Useful Web Sites for this study**:=

Celtic Culture: http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/history.html#history Celtic Mythology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Mythology The Religion of the Ancient Celts: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/rac/ An on-line book by J. A. MacCulloch [1911] Celtic art site: http://gate.cia.edu/cbergengren/arthistory/celtic/ Celtic Religion: http://www.draeconin.com/database/celtreli.htm What we don’t know about the Ancient Celts: http://www.conjure.com/whocelts.html

=**Activity Origins of the Celts**=

• Using the Web Links above and below answer the following questions on your WIKI • 1. Describe celtic culture • 2. Recount ONE (1) Celtic Myth • 3. Outline the basic elements of the Celtic Religion • 4. Explain the New Order of the Druids

=**Support Material**:= http://gate.cia.edu/cbergengren/arthistory/celtic/ What we don’t know about the Ancient Celts: http://www.conjure.com/whocelts.html Celtic Culture: http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/history.html#history Celtic Mythology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Mythology The New Order of Druids: http://www.druidcircle.net/ click on “Celtic tradition”.

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1: Put the baby in a basket and placed him among the reeds. 2: The daughter of the Pharoah. 3: Egypt 4: The nurse. 5: chapter4 6:? 7: follow the lord. 8:? 1:moses hesitated because he didnt think he was wrthy to do such a task. 2:His brother aaron. 3:set off for the land of egypt with the stick and his family. 4:The angel of death was trying to kill every first born so they had to kill an animal dab its blood over their door in order to tell the angel to leave and that gods protecting them. 5:So that we know that god is passing over us protecting us from the evil. 6:The Israelites sayed safely inside their homes. 7:The first born children were killed because the egyptians did not trust and respect him. 8:The king kicked aaron and moses out of Egypt.
 * Moses:

Jacinta, you have answered each question without using a structured sentence. In order to improve upon your short answers it is essential that you construct even a simple sentence to answer each question. It would be helpful to upload your completed work to the wiki, so you can demonstrate the sound knowledge you share in class.

Who was Abraham?

Abraham was believed to be the first patriarch/founder of Judaism, who had a covenant with god. Judaism focused on monotheism. He had a son out of pure want and a son out of pure love.One to his wife (love) named Issac, He went on to be the second patriarch of Judaism who also had a covenant with the lord and a son who became the thrid patriarch. Abraham was the only one to actually speak to the lord. The other patriarchs were spoken to through and angel.

approx 300: Abrahams life.

Abraham was born according to the jewish tradition in about 1800BCE; He was born in UR modern day Iraq in Babylonia.His birth name was Abram. Abram was the son of Terach who was an Idol merchant which is a person who makes Idols for polytheist gods.Abram grew up and was raised in a society based on worshipping idols.From an early age he sought the truth and questioned his fathers beliefs and came to believe that the universe was the work of a single creator. He tried to convince his father that idols were fake, by smashing all the Idols except for the largest one and he placed the hammer in the largest ones hands so that when his father came in and said' What happened here son?" he replied" the idols had a fight and smashed each other!" then his father said "they have no power! How could they smash each other?" and Abram said " If they have no power why do you believe in them then?" As god watched over Abraham seen him do this he believed that he had no potential and he went to Abram and invited him to establish a relationship with each other, Abram accepted and od changed his name to Abraham.This was when a b'rit (covenant) ws established between himself and the lord. Abraham first lived in the ity and then became Nomadic and his people followed they were adhereant. Abraham was referred to as a hebrew. Abraham was promised land if he followed the B'rit of follow one God and no Idols. Abraham was concerned that he had no children so on his tripto Egypt is wife Sarah and the king/ Pharaoh gave him Hagar the maidservant to bare him a child for him, the sons name was Ishmal who went on to be the leader of Islam. God decided to give Sarah Abrahams wife the power to bare a child which Abraham loved more than his other son Ishmal this ones name was Isacc and he went on to become the second patroiarch of Judaism.

approx 250: Covenant. ** Noah- God assured Noah that the judgement would not again come to men of a flood; and that the reoccurence of the seasons and day and night should not cease.** God is promising that he wont appear in the form of a flood again and that the world will still stay with day and night summer, winter, autumn, spring and will not change. __DEFINE COVENANT:__ A Covenant is an agreement between man and man in this case between god and Abraham.God made many B'rits( this being another word understood as covenant) between himself and Abraham, but one of his firsts was for abraham to focus on monotheism, belief in one god founded on abrahams relationship with the lord. This B'rit has been acknowledged by the Jews as what they live by and what they live for. One god, njo other and no idols. A covenant from god form god to Abraham is that he will give him land hat stretches from Egypt to Modern day Iraq,( this land then became Israel) If you believe in One god the shema.This covenant is the central heartbeat of Judaism. All the covenants are in the mitzvot and if the Jewish people follow it and live their life by it, this makes them adherant to this monotheistic religion. Abraham was the first patriarch of Judaism he was the founder of it. He is also the only patriarch to ever speak to god and that god has ever spoken to and made a covenant with.The other patriarchs covenants were made from god by the use of an angel to speak through.**
 * __FIND A COVENANT:__
 * __DESCRIBE THE COVENANT:__


 * Time-line of events MOSES! **
 * 1) **Hebrews were slaes of Egypt at the time of moses' birth.**
 * 2) **Pharaoh was affraid of the hebrews as he thought they would take over the country, sohe ordered all of the first born Hebrew babies to be killed.**
 * 3) **In orer to save him Moses' mother put him in a cane basket by the Nile River.**
 * 4) **Moses sister Miriam wtchedover the basket and as the pharaohs daughter came to wash herself she found the bay and Miriam said i know of a servant could look after him for you (her mum).**
 * 5) **Moses grew up and Egyptian Prince but never forgot he was a Hebrew at heart. One day moses killed an Egyptian because he had beaten up a Hebrew slave.**
 * 6) **He ran away to another land where he spoke to go d in the burning bush. God told him to go back and free the hebrews.**
 * 7) **Moses went and asked the pharaoh to free the Hebrews and warned him that bad things would happen to the Egyptians if he didn't. (ten plagues occours and moses warns him efore everyone)**
 * 8) **after the last plague had occoured the king had finally let them go, God told moses to put lambs blood over the door frame of every Hebrew so that he didnt kill the oldes son but he did kill all the oldest Egyptian sons. Pharaoh was so upset that his son was killed ad he let them go.**
 * 9) **Hebrews left quickly and there was no time for the bread to rise.**
 * 10) **The pharaoh soon after changed his mind and sent the Egyptan army after them.**
 * 11) **Army chased them to the bank of thered sea, they would have been trapped but a miracle happened and godgave moses the power to part the sea.**
 * 12) **Moses lifted up his rod and parted the sea after the Hebrews were saved he closed the sea on top of the Egyptian Army.**
 * 13) **Even though they were free they neededto find the land that god promis them cannan (Israel frm Egypt to the Euphraeties)They ran out of food nd drink and started to turn on moses.**
 * 14) **Moses spoke to god and god promissed them food and water the next day they woke up and there was food and drink.**
 * 15) **after 3 months of travelling the Hebrews came to a mountan called mount sinai. Moses climbed to the top throught thunder and lightning to speak to god.God gave him 10 las for them to live by.(exodus 20, Duet 5) ommandments.**
 * 16) **Moses was on the mountain for soo long and the Hebrews started to get angry and they created an idol called the golden calf.**
 * 17) **Moses came back and smashed it and gave tem 10 tablets of stone with the laws on them. These are the 10 commandments.**

=**Subject Specific Terminology **= =Topic: Judaism= = = **Semitic; Jewish; Judaism; The montheistic religion of the Jews/Hebrews. Covenant; A covenant is an agreement between man and man, In most cases in our topic it is between God and Man. Decalogue; The ten commandments. Mitzvot; The 613 commandments of Judaism percieved like the bible. Patriarch; A person regarded as a founder of... which continues throughout a family line. Torah; The laws of Judaism. Israel; Is the land given to the Hebrews in thecovenant between God and Abraham. It is also the name given to the third patriarch of Judaism Jacob. Exodus; Exiting, leaving, on your way out. Revelation; To reveal something. Conservative Orthodox; Progressive; TANACH; Nevi’im; Ketuvim; Talmud; Halachah; Tikkun Olam; Observance; Adhereant; T o be a follower of, to follow. **

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**why are the commandments important to jewish people** **I believe that commandments are important to the jewish people becaue they have been passed down from god to the people. I believe that the jewish people also think that they are extremely important because they are their way of life, they are in fact laws that they live by, they believe that god has passed these laws down to them and if they live by them they will be promised their future. __1:Define Monotheism as it exists in Judaism:__ Monotheism is highly practised in the religion Judaism as they only believe in the one god. Dueteronomy chapter 6 verse 4.The LORD is our God, the LORD is one ; or The LORD is our God, the LORD alone __2:Define the concept of moral law, as it exists in Judaism: 3:Define the central concept of covenant, as it exists in Judaism: 1 :__ Jewish people still see god as apart of their religion as they believe that he is still coming to save them.The jewish adhereants believe that God ,yahweh will only come to save them if they keep the world perfect and pure for him or in other words he will only come if they on their own will contribute to Tikkun Olam as god asks in his commandments.If they do not live their life according to the mitzvot they are not worthy of being saved by him.God continues to be involved in this practise as he is still keeping that b'rit with them that he willl save them if they obey the mitzvot. __2 :__ There are 613 mitzvots, 248 of these are positive and 365 of them are negative e.g do not. An example of a negative mtzvot is that milk and meat products must be kept in separate areas in the home, this ethical issue effects this family and means that the Jewish family must have two separate sets of cooking rooms,cooking utensils,cleaning utensils and eating utensils. Mitzvots are simply orders of gods free will. This was found in exodus 32:33. __3 :__ The idea of covenant is kept alive to this day as the jewish adhereants participate in Shabbat (sabath) this is the most important day of their week, as they believe it is day set aside by god for these adhereants to share in gods creation, the world.They believe it is a day of rest as he did on the seventh day once he had completed his creation. Shabbat is percieved as a day for jewish people to gain hope that he will come to save them, for them to adhere to his commandments and to his covenants.**=====