Chapter 6 Vocab Flashcards
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animism
Believe that objects such as plants and stones or natural events have discrete spiritual and conscious life
Agnosticism
Believe that nothing can be known about whether God exists
atheism
belief in no God existing
autonomous religion
A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally
branch
A large fundamental division within a religion
caste
The class or distinct hereditary order in which Hindu people are assigned
cosmogony
A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
Denomination
A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single body
ethnic religion
A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution who’s principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which it’s adherents are concentrated
fundamentalism
literal interpretation to basic principles of religion
ghetto
during the Middle Ages a neighborhood in a city set up to be inhabited only buy jews
hierarchal religion
religion which a central authority exercises a high degree of control
missionary
an individual who helps to defuse a universalizing religion
monotheism
belief in one God
pagan
A follower of a polytheistic religion
pilgrimage
A journey to a place considered sacred for relegious purposes
polytheism
believes in more than
Sect
A relatively small group that has broken away from in an established denomination
solstice
and astronomical event that happens twice each year when the tilt of the earth’s axis is most inclined toward or away from the sun causing the suns a parent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southern most extreme resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year
Syncretic
A religion that combines several traditions
universalizing religion
A religion that attempts to appeal to all people not just those living in a particular location
