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Animistic Religion
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The belief that inanimate objects, such as hills, trees, rocks, rivers and other elements of the natural landscape, possess should and can help or hinder human efforts on Earth
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Buddhism
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Religion founded in the 6th Century BCE and characterized by the belief that enlightenment would come through knowledge, especially self-knowledge; Elimination of greed, craving and desire; complete honesty, and never hurting a person or animal. Buddhism splintered from Hinduism as a reaction to the strict social hierarchy maintained by Hinduism
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Caste System
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The strict social segregation of people, specifically in India’s Hindu Society, on the basis of occupation and ancestry
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Christianity
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Religion based on the teachings of Jesus. According to Christian Teaching, Jesus is the son of God, placed on Earth to teach people how to live according to God’s Plan
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Confucianism
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A philosophy if ethics, education, and public service based on the writing of Confucius and traditionally though if as one of the core elements of Chinese Culture
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Diaspora
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A term describing forceful or voluntary dispersal of a people from their homeland to a new place. Originally denoting the dispersal of the Jews, but was later used to describe other population dispersals
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Ethnic Religion
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A religion that is particular to one, culturally distinct, group of people. Unlike Universalizing religions adherents of ethnic religions do not actively seek converts through evangelism or missionary work
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Hinduism
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One of the Oldest religions in the modern world, dating back to over 4,000 years ago, originating in the Indus Valley of what is part of Pakistan today. Hinduism us unique among the world’s religions in that it does not have a single founder, a single theology, or agreement on its origins.
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Interfaith Boundaries
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Boundaries between the World major faiths
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Intrafaith Boundaries
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Boundaries within a single major faith
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Islam
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The youngest of the major world’s religions, Islam is based on the teachings of Muhammad, born in Mecca in 571 CE. According to Islamic teaching, Muhammad received the truth directly from Allah in a series of revelations during which Muhammad spoke the verses of the Qur’an (Koran), the Islamic Holy Book
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Judaism
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Religion with its roots in the teachings of Abraham (From Ur), who is credited with uniting his people to only worship one god. According to Jewish teaching, Abraham and God have a covenant in which Jews agree to worship only one God, and God agrees to protect his chosen people, the Jews
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Monotheistic Religion
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Belief system in which one supreme being is revered as creator and arbiter of all that exist in the universe
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Pilgrimage
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Voluntary travel by an adherent to a sacred site to pay respects or participate in a ritual at the site
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Polytheistic Religion
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Belief system in which multiple deities are revered as creator and arbiters of all that exists in the universe
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Religion
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A system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in term of culturally perceived ultimate priorities
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Religious Extremism
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Religious fundamentalism carried to the point of violence
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Religious Fundamentalism
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Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of faith and to influence state policy
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Sacred Sites of Major World Religions
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Place or space people infuse with religious meaning
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Secularism
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The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to fro life on Earth not to accommodate the prescriptions of a deity and promises of a comfortable afterlife. A secular state is the opposite of theocracy
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Shiite
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Adherents of one of the two main divisions of Islam. Also known as the Shiahs, the Shiites represent the Persian (Iranian) variation of Islam and believe in the infallibility and divine right to authority of the Imams, descendants of Ali.
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Sunni
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Adherents to the largest branch of Islam, called the orthodox or traditionalist. They believe in the effectiveness of family and community in the solutions of life’s problems, and they differ from the Shiites in accepting the traditions(Sunna) of Muhammad as authoritative
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Universalizing Religion
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A belief system that espouses the idea that there is one true religion that is universal in scope. Adherents of universalizing religious system, often believe that their religion represents universal truths, and in some cases great effort is undertaken in evangelism and missionary work.
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Zionism
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The movement to unite the Jewish people of the diaspora and to establish a national homeland for them in the promised land
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