Modules 2-3

Question 1

religio

Answer 1

to tie or bind

Question 2

religio meaning

Answer 2

Tie or bind us to the divine; divine

Question 3

relegere

Answer 3

obligation

Question 4

relegere meaning

Answer 4

Obliged to care for something; heed something, or repeat a practice

Question 5

symbol

Answer 5

any object or phenomenon from the sensory world

Question 6

what symbols do

Answer 6

points to the Sacred; evokes participation that points to the Sacred

Question 7

bio-cultural symbols

Answer 7

symbols from the natural world that are not human created; aspects of nature that stand as symbols

Question 8

sacred

Answer 8

the holy
something worthy of awe and respect
places that are supposed to be treated with a great amount of care

Question 9

myth

Answer 9

a story that is not necessarily factual, but conveys significant religious meaning

Question 10

ritual

Answer 10

repeated practice or acted out pattern

an action that calls attention to something or someone foundational

Question 11

what rituals do

Answer 11

brings practitioners into communion w/ the Sacred

opens up possibility for communication with the Sacred

Question 12

pilgrimage

Answer 12

travel to a sacred place (either a built structure or a natural site or combination)

Question 13

cosmology

Answer 13

description/explanation of universe often told in myth/story form

Question 14

cosmos

Answer 14

universe

Question 15

cosmogony

Answer 15

story of origins/beginnings (ex: Gensis; big bang)

Question 16

transcendence

Answer 16

sacred/divine/Ultimate as existing BEYOND the material/phenomenal world

Question 17

immanence

Answer 17

sacred/divine/Ultimate as existing WITHIN the material/phenomenal world

Question 18

monotheism

Answer 18

belief in one god/God

Question 19

monism

Answer 19

belief in oneness; an interconnected togetherness

Question 20

polytheism

Answer 20

belief in many god/divine beings

Question 21

animism

Answer 21

belief in spirits of ancestors & nature

Question 22

agnosticism

Answer 22

belief that humans cannot know if God/divinity exists

Question 23

atheism

Answer 23

belief there is no God or divinity in the universe

Question 24

religious ecology

Answer 24

how religions conceive of Nature

what each religion teaches about humankind’s responsibility toward natural world

reinterpret various aspects of religions to emphasize elements that reveal inherent value of Earth & all creatures and how to be less anthropocentric

emphasizes what is sacred or of value about Earth

natural symbols “ground” & “orient” humans in Earth & greater cosmos

Question 25

ethics

Answer 25

“norms of conduct” with regard to Nature’s inherent value | moral/spiritual force contributes to solutions to make things better

Question 26

eco; oikos

Answer 26

house; home

Question 27

logy; logos

Answer 27

word(s); rationality; logical thinking

Question 28

ecology

Answer 28

study of how to live sustainably as part of our “Earth-home" | study of relationships

Question 29

1st principle of ecology

Answer 29

everything is related to everything else

Question 30

habitat

Answer 30

place wherein conditions are right for survival of a particular organism or species; if it is destroyed then organism has lost its' ___

Question 31

interrelationality

Answer 31

connections among organisms & their surrounding

Question 32

interdependence

Answer 32

components depend on all other components & relationships comprising the Earth ecosystem

Question 33

loss of biodiversity

Answer 33

clear-cutting forests pesticides and herbicides human overpopulation

Question 34

reductionism

Answer 34

removing organisms from their natural environment to examine them in a lab, separately, often through method of dissection

Question 35

synergy

Answer 35

two or more things interacting to create an effect that is greater than or more than could be predicted from examining each element in isolation

Question 36

intrinsic/inherent value

Answer 36

nature's value within itself

Question 37

instrumental value

Answer 37

Nature's value in terms of use

Question 38

biosphere

Answer 38

the “living envelope” that surrounds & encompasses planet Earth