Starter quiz
- For Sikhs and Hindus, the term 'sewa' means '______'.
- 'service' ✓
- The ultimate reality or God is known by many Hindus as ...
- Vishnu.
- Shiva.
- Brahman. ✓
- Brahma.
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- Humanism is a __________ worldview.
- religious
- non-religious ✓
- agnostic
- theistic
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- A pilgrimage is ...
- a type of holiday.
- a regular journey to a place of worship.
- a special journey to a sacred place. ✓
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- The studying and interpreting of sacred texts is carried out mainly by ...
- theologians. ✓
- philosophers.
- social scientists.
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Exit quiz
- Someone who makes a pilgrimage is called a ______.
- 'pilgrim' ✓
- Monks usually live in a ______.
- 'monastery' ✓
- Iona is a small island off the coast of ...
- England.
- Wales.
- Scotland. ✓
- France.
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- Iona monastery was founded by ...
- St. Patrick.
- St. Andrew.
- St. Columba. ✓
- St. Brigid.
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- Iona is known as a ...
- 'thick place'.
- 'thin place'. ✓
- 'tranquil place'.
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Key learning points
- Iona is an island off the west coast of Scotland.
- Celtic monks travelled to remote places to establish monasteries.
- Colomba travelled to Iona and founded a monastery there in 563 AD.
- The monastery and later abbey became a centre of pilgrimage for many centuries.
Common misconception
Christianity spread in a similar way across Europe.
Celtic people developed distinctive practices and artefacts such as Celtic crosses.
Keywords
Celtic - referring to an ancient people related to the Irish, Scots and Welsh
Monastery - a building lived in by a community of monks who follow religious vows
Monk - a member of a religious order who has taken vows to dedicate themselves to God
Thin place - a Celtic idea of a place where the boundary between heaven and earth is almost not there
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