Religion Chapter 1

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cosmology

Back 1

the understanding of the nature of the universe

Front 2

empathy

Back 2

the capacity for seeing things from another's perspective, and an important methodological approach for studying religions

Front 3

ethics

Back 3

a dimension of religion that deals with how we are to act while living in the world

Front 4

faith

Back 4

experience of the divine or holy presence, somtimes involving intellectual belief and sometimes emphasizing personal trust

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monotheism

Back 5

the belief in only one god

Front 6

mysticism

Back 6

a catagory of religious experiences characterized by communing or uniting with the divine through inward contemplation

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myth

Back 7

a story that tends to answer questions of orgins and serves as a source of sacred truth

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pantheism

Back 8

the belief that the divine reality exists in everything

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polytheism

Back 9

the belief in many gods

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revelation

Back 10

the transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings, typically through myths or some form of religious experience

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ritual

Back 11

formal worship practice, oftern based on the re-enactment of a myth

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spiritual perfection

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the complete fulfillment of spiritual potential; religions typically teach that such fulfillment can be achieved in this life or in the afterlife, or at least that followers need to become as spiritually mature as possible

Front 13

transcendence

Back 13

the overcoming of the normal limitations imposed by the human condition, whether temporarily or abidingly