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An introduction to religion and worldviews through the explanation of keywords to inform and expand understanding.
Find out about the beliefs and practices of the six main world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, and also beliefs held by different worldviews, such as Humanism. Discover the meaning of key terms such as enlightenment, covenant and paradise. Provides a quick and accessible reference to places of worship, festivals, holy books, main prayers, and viewpoints.
The Keywords series is written and designed to support children develop good reference skills through asking questions and clearly identifying key terms, so that the information needed is quickly found on a page. Facts are presented in easy-to-read bite-size explanations with visuals. Includes contents page, index and glossary for children to access the information and definitions, expand vocabulary and engage with the topic.
What are religions and worldviews?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
What is Judaism?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
What do Jews believe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
How do Jews live?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
What is Christianity?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
What do Christians believe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
How do Christians live?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
What is Islam?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
What do Muslims believe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How do Muslims live?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
What is Hinduism?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How do Hindus worship? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
How do Hindus live?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
What is Buddhism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
What do Buddhists believe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
How do Buddhists live?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
What is Sikhism?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
What do Sikhs believe?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
How do Sikhs live? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
What are other worldviews?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46