Lesson 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
is a collection of beliefs about life and the universe being
held by the people
Worldview
is found in almost religions
Beliefs in gods or God
there is no real distinction between god and the universe
Monism
the belief and worship of may gods
Polytheism
the doctrine or belief in one supreme god
Monotheism
disbelief in or denial of the existence of a personal god
Atheism
god cannot be known
Agnosticism
is defined as “a belief in the existence of
one god viewed as the creative source of the human race and the world who transcends yet is immanent in the world”
Theism
only one God who could have designed and created the universe or may have directed all events that led to the creation of everything
Monotheistic Religion
Monotheistic religions include
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
people recognize many principal gods among whom no one is supreme.
Polytheistic religion
there is no genuine distinction between God and the universe.
Monism
Denies existence of god
Atheist
Denies posibility of gods
Agnostics
“an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to
worship a god or a group of gods
Religion
“something done with overanxious or scrupulous attention to detail”
Latin word, RELIGION
Latin verb means “to tie together, to bind
fast.
Religare
was used to designate formal belief systems and tenets.
Religion
English anthropologist founding
figure of the science of social
anthropology; the beliefs in spiritual beings
Edward Burnett Taylor
Scottish social anthropologist,
one of the founding figures of
modern anthropology; a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to control and direct the course of nature and human life.
James George
Frazer
an eminent 20th
- century Polish
anthropologist
Bronslaw Kasper
Malinowski
(1884-1942)
French sociologist; father of
sociology
David Emile
Durkheim
people believed in souls; Melanesian people believed in mana
Animistic Theory
