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EHS Ch6~09
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define: Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. |
| What is an Automous religion | A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally. |
| What is a branch | A large and fundamental division within a religion. |
| Define a "Caste" | The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law. |
| Deine Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. |
| What is a denomination? | A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. |
| Define Diocese | The basic unit of geographic organizarion in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| What is an Ethnic Religion? | A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated. |
| Define: Animism | Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic priciples of a religion. |
| What is an Automous religion | During the middle ages a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denite a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure. |
| What is a branch | A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control. |
| What does a missionary do? | Helps to diffuse a universalizing religion |
| Define Monotheism | The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god |
| What is a Donomination? | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times. |
| Can you tell me what a Pilgrimage means? | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes. |
| What is Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god. |
| What is a sect of a religion? | A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination. |
| What is a Solstice? | Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator. It is sacred in many religions. |
| Universalizing religion | A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location. |
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