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19 Cards in this Set
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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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animism
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a religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally
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autonomous religions
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a large and fundamental division within a religion
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branch (of a religion)
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the class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law
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caste
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a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
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cosmogony
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a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body
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denomination
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a basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church
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diocese
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a religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on teh physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated
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ethnic religion
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literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).
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fundamentalism
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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 minotiry group live bc of social, legal, or economic pressuer
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ghetto
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a religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control
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hierarchial religion
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an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion
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missionary
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the doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god
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monotheism
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a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times
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pagan
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a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
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pilgrimage
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belief in or worship of more than one god
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polytheism
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a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
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sect
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time when the sun is farthest from the equator
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solstice
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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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universalizing religion
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