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18 Cards in this Set
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Animist
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Belief that objects, such as plants and stones. or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
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Autonomous religion
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A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperated informally.
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Branch
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A large and fundamental division within a religion.
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Caste
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The class or distinct hereditary order in which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
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Cosmogony
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A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin or the universe.
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Denomination
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A division of a branch that unites a member of local congregations onto a single legal and administrative body.
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Ethnic Religion
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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.
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Fundamentalism
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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion.
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Ghetto
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During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city setup by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of a minority group live because social, legal, or economic pleasure.
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Hierarchical Religion
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A religion in which a central authority exercised a high degree of control.
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Missionary
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An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
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Monotheism
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The belief in only one God.
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Pagan
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A follower of polytheistic religion in ancient times.
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Pilgrimage
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A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
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Polytheism
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Belief in one or more god.
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Sect
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A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
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Solstice
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Astronomical event that happens twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach it's most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.
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Universalizing Religion
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A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
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