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Religion
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A system of formal (written or codified)or informal (oral tradition passed fr. gen to gen) beliefs and practices relating to the sacred and the divine.
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Polytheistic religions
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Many gods, the majority of religions are poly. but have a very small geog distribution, often coincide w/ tribal or ethnic boundaries
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Monotheistic religions
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One god, appeared later around 1500bce, only 3 exist (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) 1/3 of ppl in world r either christian or muslim, these religions dont coincide w/ geog boundaries but rather overlap them.
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Ethnic Religions
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Membership is either by birth or by adopting a certain complex ethnic lifestyle, which includes a certain religious belief sys. It's a rel. belief sys. of a specific ethnic or tribal group and is unique to that group.
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Universalizing Religions
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membership is open to anyone who chooses to make a solemn commitment to that religion regardless of class or ethnicity. Cross political and state boundaries.
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Secularism
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Indeifference to or rejection of a certain belief sys. or religious beliefs in general.
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