Discussion questions for Judaism, Christianity and Islam

1. When and where did Israelites begin worshipping their God in a temple?

2. What is the Sinai Covenant? Who was involved?

3. What is a synagogue?

4. What is the story of Passover?

5. What is Zionism? When and why did it begin?

6. How and where did Moses experience the sacred?

7. When was the modern state of Israel created and by whom?

8. How is the holocaust important to Jews today?

9. What is the Torah?

10. What is the Free Will Paradox attributed to Augustine?

11. Who was Paul and what did he do?

12. What was the Great Schism?

13. What is Mormonism and how did it start?

14. What is Papal Infallibility?

15. What is the story of the Prodigal Son and who tells it?

16. What is the story of the Good Samaritan and why was it dangerous to tell?

17. What is the importance of the Eucharist and how has it been interpreted?

18. Who was Martin Luther and what did he do?

19. What is the history and current importance of the Ka'ba (Ka'bah)?

20. How is the idea that Muhammad was illiterate important to Islam?

21. What is Hijrah and how is it marked in time by Muslims?

22. How are the surahs (chapters) of the Qur'an arranged? How does this compare to the Bible?

23. According to Islamic tradition, who wrote the Qur'an?

24. What are Muslims required to say every day?

25. Before Islam, what was religion like in Arabia?

26. What are Jinn? What is the relationship between Gabriel and Muhammad?

27. What is an imam in Islam?

28. What day of the week is special to Muslims and what is done on that day?

29. What is the meaning of jihad?

30. What is Ramadan?

31. What are some difference between Sunnis and Shi'ites?

32. What do the words "Muslim" and "Qur'an" mean?

33. When did Muhammad live and Islam emerge?