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21 Cards in this Set
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religion
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Attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to supernatural powers
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supernatural
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non-material realm, existence must be taken ‘on faith’
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ritual
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set of acts, usually involving religion or magic, following a sequence established by tradition
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theodicy
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Theory to explain how and why suffering exists (Max Weber)
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collective effervescence
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(communitas)—feeling that you are part of something bigger than yourself
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animatism
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a power rather than beings (“it”) impersonal, unseen, omnipresent, can be good or bad, don’t want to misuse (generic power, “The Force”)
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animism
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spirits live within (or animate) natural objects
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ancestral spirits
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ghosts or souls of ancestors
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gods and goddesses
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Have recognizable and individual identities like spirits, but more powerful—omnipotent!
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religious leaders
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Main job to guide religious practices of their community
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priest
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Organized religions, large-scale societies
Keepers of sacred traditions and laws Special authorization to perform rituals Do not themselves have supernatural powers God are clients |
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shaman
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Not part of organized religion, but in direct contact with world of spirits
Contact sprits to help in curing, bewitching, divining Power developed individually and privately A religious middle-person who acts on behalf of human clients, tells spirits what to do Paid for services Common in small scale societies |
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prophet
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Receives divine revelation, often restructures existing society or religion, can spark new religion
Outside of priesthood, usually from humble roots Joseph Smith’s divine revelation let to creation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
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trance states
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Activities with goal of achieving altered states of consciousness
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//gangwasi
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random evilness, spirits of ancestors
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n/um
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Pull sickness out of bodies (healing quality) any one can but long and painful process
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magic
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Supernatural techniques used to accomplish certain aims
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imitative magic
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Conjure desired affect via imitation
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contagious magic
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Magic acts performed on an object associated with a person will eventually affect that person
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rites of passage
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Strictly codified series of actions involving objects, gestures and sounds having religious or social significance
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liminality
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Initiates exist “out of time”—expectations temporarily suspended or even reversed.
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