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Agnosticism
Belief--nothing can be known about whether God exists...unsure about what's "out there"
Animistic Religions
belief that inanimate objects such as: hills, trees, rocks, rivers, and other elements of the natural landscape possess souls and can hinder or help human efforts on earth.
Atheism
Belief that God does NOT exist
Autonomous Religion
a self-sufficient religion. Example> Islam
Caste System
strict social segregation of people---specifically in India's Hindu society
Cosmogony
distinctive concepts of religious belief concerning the origin or the universe
Branch
large and fundamental division within a religion
Denomination
a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations
Sect
a relatively small group that had broken away from an established denomination
Diaspora
term describing forceful or voluntary dispersal of a people from their homeland to a new place
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