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Chapter 6- Religion

TermDefinition
Agnosticism The belief that the existence of God can’t be proven empirically.
Animism The belief that objects, such asplants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit andconscious 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 informally.
Branch A large and fundamental 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 congregations 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, or 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 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 An astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth’s axis is most inclined; most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.
Syncretic Combining several religious traditions.
Universalizing religion A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
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