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Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agnosticism | The belief that the existence of God can't be proven empirically |
| Animism | The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life |
| Atheism | The belief that God does not exist |
| Autonomous religion | A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates internally |
| Branch | A large and functional division within a religion |
| Caste | The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law |
| Congregation | A local assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship |
| Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe |
| Denomination | A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregation into a single legal and administrative body |
| 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 |
| Fundamentalism | Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or congregation) |
| Ghetto | During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, and economic pressure |
| Hierarchical religion | A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control |
| Missionary | An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion |
| Monotheism | The doctrine that of or belief in the existence of only one God |
| Pilgrimage | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes |
| Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god |
| Solstice | Astronomical event that happens 2x, when the tilt of the Earth's axis's most inclined toward or away the Sun, causes the sun's position in the sky to reach it most northernmost or southernmost extreme; results in the longest and shortest days of the year |
| Syncretic | Combining several religious traditions |
| Universalizing religion | A language that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location |
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