Religions of South Asia
1. Your first task is to gather the information and place it in the chart below. (1 point for each answer)
2. Your second task is to briefly reflect, interpret, or question the information. (3 points for each answer)
3. Responses for this second task should be written in sentence form.
4. Text should be formatted to fit well into the chart. (2 points)
Reflection, Interpretation, or
Hinduism Buddhism Sikh Islam
New Questions
(1pt each) (1pt each) (1pt each) (1pt each)
(3pts each)
Most religions are more known and have a
larger number of followers as they attempt to
Universalizing appeal and share their beliefs. On the other
Ethnic Universalizing Universalizing Universalizing
or Ethnic hand, ethnic religions may still be well known,
but they are closely associated with ethnic
customs, language, and culture.
In different variations of Hinduism, it presents as
Monotheistic more monotheistic or polytheistic, it may be
Both Polytheistic Monotheistic Monotheistic
or Polytheistic thought of as having one god made of many
gods.
Founder and Most religions have founders who are thought
to have spoken the word of God, like Buddhism,
approximate
No founder Siddhartha Gautama Guru Nanak Muhammad Sikh, and Islam. In contrast Hindu is thought to
date of be the combination of beliefs with no true
founding founder.
Name for These religious leaders are teachers of the
religious Swamis Lama Granthi Imam religion who share the knowledge of the religion
leader with people of the religion.
Most religions adherents or followers’ names
Name for
Hindus Buddhists Sikhs Muslims are similar to name of the religion itself, and the
adherents followers are only followers of that one religion.
1. Your first task is to gather the information and place it in the chart below. (1 point for each answer)
2. Your second task is to briefly reflect, interpret, or question the information. (3 points for each answer)
3. Responses for this second task should be written in sentence form.
4. Text should be formatted to fit well into the chart. (2 points)
Reflection, Interpretation, or
Hinduism Buddhism Sikh Islam
New Questions
(1pt each) (1pt each) (1pt each) (1pt each)
(3pts each)
Most religions are more known and have a
larger number of followers as they attempt to
Universalizing appeal and share their beliefs. On the other
Ethnic Universalizing Universalizing Universalizing
or Ethnic hand, ethnic religions may still be well known,
but they are closely associated with ethnic
customs, language, and culture.
In different variations of Hinduism, it presents as
Monotheistic more monotheistic or polytheistic, it may be
Both Polytheistic Monotheistic Monotheistic
or Polytheistic thought of as having one god made of many
gods.
Founder and Most religions have founders who are thought
to have spoken the word of God, like Buddhism,
approximate
No founder Siddhartha Gautama Guru Nanak Muhammad Sikh, and Islam. In contrast Hindu is thought to
date of be the combination of beliefs with no true
founding founder.
Name for These religious leaders are teachers of the
religious Swamis Lama Granthi Imam religion who share the knowledge of the religion
leader with people of the religion.
Most religions adherents or followers’ names
Name for
Hindus Buddhists Sikhs Muslims are similar to name of the religion itself, and the
adherents followers are only followers of that one religion.
