What is a Religion?

Question 1

Control Thesis

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Representation is not a reality

Question 2

Miracle

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Event for which a rational explanation does not yet exist

Question 3

Working definition of a religion

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An even in which one or more people represent an alleged ultimate reality

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Goal of working definition of religion

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to understand what is going on

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descriptive not prescriptive

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Not telling people how to be religious

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The Canadian definition of religion

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religion is a set of practices and beliefs freely chosen by an individual whose beliefs and practices have no authority over another individual

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Blasphemy

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One persons truth claim is another persons blasphemy

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Internal flux

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within a religious community - the members do not agree with everything of that religion

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Geographic flux

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differences in a religion based on geography

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historical flux

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Mormons do not believe that catholics are christians and same goes vice versa

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External competition

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religious groups that are different and are competing with one another

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Syncretism

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when two entirely different religions start to emerge

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Neutral vocabulary

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set of words and use those words to describe

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Theos

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Greek word for God

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Theism

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Any religion that has one or more supernatural agent

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polytheism

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Religion that has many gods

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Henotheism

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Religions that has more than one god but there is a hierarchy, they are not equal

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Monotheism

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Religion that has one and only one supernatural agent

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Monolatry

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Group of people who worship one god, believe in more gods but only worship one

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Theistic Dualism

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universe being rules by 2 supernatural agents. one god is of goodness and the other is of evil

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Zoroastrianism

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two supernatural agents that are at war with one another

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Immanent God

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God conceptualized of being available in time and space

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Transcendent God

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God conceptualized oof not being available in time and space

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What is orthopraxy

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correct religious practice

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How does Moodle define secularization

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Decreased influence of religion in the public space

Question 26

Countries that guarantee religious freedom have seen an increasing variety of new religions. how has this Trent affected existing religious communities

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This trend decreases religious participation

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What is a common symptom of secularization

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People who accept religious truth-claims take these claims less seriously than did earlier generations

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How does birthrate affect the long-term success of a religious community

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Low birthrates guarantee the decline of religious membership

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What does the religious strategy of reductionism try to do?

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Accept secularization but affirm that there is only one correct religion

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What does research on the numbers of people who participate in worship services demonstrate?

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Participation in worship services has declined significantly in recent decades

Question 31

During the past 2 centuries, each new human generation has been?

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less likely to take seriously the truth-claims of any religion

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Who defines Orthodox religion

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The leaders of a religious group

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According to Moodle essay, what is the cognitive optimum

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It is the instinct to seek agents everywhere

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why is increased religious diversity a catalyst for decreased religious participation

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Diverse truth-claims imply that all truth-claims are merely human opinions

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Among early Christians, many equated Jesus Christ with an angel and others equated him with God. This is an example of what?

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Experimentation with a variety of minimally counterintuitive agents

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identify the theism in this quotation: "I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel...but he said to me, 'you must not do that!...Worship God'"

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Monotheism

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Religious conquest and conversion strategies share the same goal

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To defeat secularization

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what are causes for secularization

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the right to religious freedom

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why is the construction of orthodoxy a political process

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Those who would be leaders find ways to impose their definition of correct belief on others

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What is the logical by-product of every orthodoxy

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Heresy

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Definition of a definition

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A hypothesis that helps us to understand