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15 Cards in this Set
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Religion is a response to:
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Death, chaos, and lack of meaning
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Religion is important to study becayse:
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Globalization, learn other values, 1/3 of world is part of an Eastern Religion
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Anomie
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lack of meaning/meaninglessness
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Myth
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Narrative story that touches the values in our lives
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Symbol
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Representation of performed ideas
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Religious Expression is...
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Theoretical, Practical, and Sociological tradition
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Theoretical
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what is said/written
doctrine philosophy/myth |
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Practical
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Ritual, worship, ethics
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Sociological tradition
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Community that carries on a tradition
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Religion is a means of:
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connecting to something sacred
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In religious studies presuppositions are
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Overcome by walking in another's shoes
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Ethics
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thought and study about moral traditions on the basis on traditions of right and wrong
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In religious studies "method" refers to
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an approach to study
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Challenges to religion
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modernism, globalization, rapid change, reality of violence
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To learn religions, one must
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Grasp own tradition, growth of understanding, respect for others, willingness to share, willingness to learn
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