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15 Cards in this Set
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hierophany |
the manifestation of the sacred contrast w/ theophany |
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theophany |
manifestation of God |
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transcendence |
no essential characteristic of sacred opposite of immanence |
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theism |
the belief that a person-like God created a law- abiding universe and sometimes interacts with humanity, but remains separate from the world |
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myth |
narrative source of religious meaning not used to connotate falsity |
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non-theism |
religious tradition/community that does not believe in a God or gods (Buddhism) |
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atheism |
rejection of the belief in God or gods (also absence)
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agnosticism |
the belief that certain claims (such as if God exists) are unknown or unknowable |
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polytheism |
the belief in multiple gods/goddesses |
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henotheism |
belief in multiple gods, wherein one God/Goddess is elevated above the rest |
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pantheism |
all god~ The divine ( God, gods, etc.) is identical to natural world. God is all encompassing and immanent |
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panentheism |
the belief that the divine is separate from the universe but also animates the universe |
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deism |
belief that a God or gods created the universe but is not immanent (doesn't intervene)
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revealed ethics
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-questions about how to treat others, live own lives -historical revelation -set of rules, insight (cosmology) |
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Sun Dance |
suffering~ sacrificing own body for community as little as 4 days up to 2 weeks typically during hottest periods of summer axis mundi- sacred space (tree) not rite of passage |
