[RELS 3020] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (19 pages long!)

• School: Utah State University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 3020
• Professor: Dr.Ravi Gupta

Document Summary

The problem is it claims there is a root to hinduism. The branches give way to the multiple branches of hinduism (good analysis) Gives the multiple points of origin (good analysis) The problem is that it all goes the same direction, which is untrue for hinduism. Hinduism lacks the clear distinction of boundaries, this is the: family resemblances model. Functions as a venn-diagram: common model that hindu"s use (banyan tree) Orthopraxy - emphasizes practice: emphasis on belief, distinction between sacred and the secular, exclusive membership, assumptions not to make about hinduism, the word hindu. Hindu"s do not commonly refer to themselves as hindu"s. Sindhu river, muslims called the native people across the river. It wasn"t until the british arrived that they coined the term hinduism , they took the geographical term and turned it to the religion. Gold, s ilve r, coppe r, a nd iron.