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19 Cards in this Set
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ANIMISM
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belief that objects such as plants, or natural events, like thunderstorms, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
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AUTONOMOUS RELIGION
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a religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally
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BRANCH
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a large and fundamental division within a religion
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CASTE
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class or distinct hereditary order into which a hindu is assigned according to religious law
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COSMOGONY
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set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
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DENOMINATION
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division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body
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DIOCESE
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basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church
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ETHNIC RELIGION
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religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are located
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FUNDAMENTALISM
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literal interpretation adn strict adherience to basic principles of a religion
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GHETTO
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section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pleasure.
during middle ages, neighborhood set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews |
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HIERARCHICAL RELIGION
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religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control
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MISSIONARY
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individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion
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MONOTHEISM
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belief in one god
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PAGAN
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follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times
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PILGRIMAGE
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journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
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POLYTHEISM
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belief in more than one god
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SECT
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relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
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SOLSTICE
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time when the sun is farthest from the equator
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UNIVERSALIZING RELIGION
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religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location
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