For this assessment complete the following:
Additional Requirements
PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE-should be used to compile list
The four card sort exercises in this course are designed to help you discover and prioritize expressions of the humanities that have special significance for you. The items in these activities present a variety of things from the historical periods we’ve been studying together. As youa this exercise try not to think about what you think you should choose. Reflecting and choosing honestly will help you to gather the most meaningful information.
Revelation-Divine disclosure of sacred knowledge
Ritual-Repeated activity intended to evoke religious feeling
Supernatural-Experience of reality that transcends observations of the natural world
Judaism-Monotheistic religion of the Hebrew nation
Covenant-Contractual agreement between a community and their deity
Canon-Body of literature selected as religious scripture
Buddhism-Belief in self-renunciation as a method of escaping human suffering
Siddhartha Gautama-Indian prince who sought enlightenment
Christianity-Religion founded on the life and teachings of Jesus
Paul-Developed a theological structure for Christianity
Monasticism-Ascetic withdrawal from the secular world
Islam-Religion focused on the relationship between a community and Allah
Muhammad-Arab merchant whose teachings form the basis for Islam
Qur’an-Islamic scripture of the teachings of Muhammad
Beowulf-Epic poem in vernacular Old English
Charlemagne-Frankish king who established the Holy Roman Empire
Feudalism-Medieval economic structure with serfs and nobles
Norman conquest-French invasion of Anglo-Saxon England
Church and state-Medieval coordination of religious and secular interests
Polyphony-Musical performance with multiple melodic lines
Romanesque and Gothic-Medieval styles of Christian architecture
Dante-Italian author of an account of the afterlife in the Divine Comedy
Francis of Assisi-Early humanist who founded an order of mendicant friars
Porcelain-Translucent ceramic ware perfected by the Chinese
Iconography-Use of religious symbols by medieval Christians Hindus and Buddhists
