Religious Studies

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____ describes a result that is predicted by theory but has not yet been adequately tested by observation or experiment. The different lense we use.

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theoretical

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___ is the method of tools used to describe the study of religion

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methodological

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____ describes ways of knowing

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epistemology

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_____ is set of complex stories that human beings regard as representative of inner meaning of the universe and of human life.

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myth

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___ is an extended metaphor told in a form of narrative or story

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parable

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____ is concerned with what relgion IS; beliefs, concerns ideals

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substantive

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____ is concerned with what religion does. how it operates

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funtionalist

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_______ ciritical figure/person in the functionalist approach to myth and ritual.

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Bronislaw Malinowski

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_____ is the auther of the "Sacred and Profane"

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Mircea Eliade

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_____ is the author of the "idea of the holy"

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Rudolf Otto

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____ talked about the sacred and profane

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Emile Durkeim

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____ is considered deemed superhuman. It is set apart from ordinary or mundane.

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sacred

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_____ is homogeous and neutral. "common or ordinary"

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profane.

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___ is the aw inspiring mystery (aka fear)

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mysterium tremendum

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_____ is the fascinating mystery

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mysterium fascinous

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___ is something sacred shows it self to us.

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heirophany

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____ temporal manifestation of god or gods revealing itself.

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theophany.

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____ is considered the "center of the world"

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axis mundi

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___ our world; things familar

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cosmos

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the "otherworld"; foreign chaotic space.

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chaos

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_____ ties together to DISTINCT symbols. meanings are based on context.

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Representational symbols

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______ are similar to the thing they symbolize. INdependant signifiers

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presentational symbols

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____ is concerned with mythology and poetic language. It has to do with analogies, parables, and metaphors.

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first order religous discourse

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______ has to do with dogmas, doctrines, and creeds. turns first order relgious discourse into laws.

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second order relgious discourse.

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____ culturally agreed upon formalized way we enact out our myths.

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RITUALS

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the 3 stages of rituals are...

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-Seperation
-transition
-Reincorporation

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____ is the transition/threshold or "in between" stages of rituals.

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Liminal

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______ is to appease or conciliate. sometimes use as scapegoat.

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Sacrifice

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_____ describes atonement; to make scapegoat to be forgiven.

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EXPIATION

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____ is a spontaneous bond within a community

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communitas

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___ is holy, divine, sacred, and spiritual. "wholly other"
described by eliade.

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Numinous

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______ talked about the collective unconsious.

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Carl Jung

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____are pre-existant inherental formas that give shape to material of the collective unconscious

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archetypes

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contructed on what jung considered the multitude of resembles between fantasies/dreams of contemporary persons and older myths.

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collective unconcious

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____ describes the integration of opposite partesl acceptance. psychic healing; self realization

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Indiviuation

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____ is an explanation of our world; offense of gods justice.

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Theodicy

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____ describes the cause and affect.

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Karma

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_____ is the cycle of life

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samsara

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_________is end times; or the end of the world.

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eschatology

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everywhere at once

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omnipresence

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all knowing

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omniscience

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____ is the original creation stories of the world.

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cosmogeny

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creation from nothing

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ex nihilio

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____ is the explanation of myths. the causes or reasons of a thing.

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etiology.

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_____ is the belief in MANY gods.

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Polytheism

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___ is the belife in MANY gods but there is only ONE supreme god.

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Monarchail polytheism

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____ is the belief in 2 opposite powers of god (good/evil); balance (male/female)

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dualism

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_____ is the belief that the divine or god is in everything

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Pantheism

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____ is the belief that everything is ONE god. Only one being. ALL IS ONE.

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Monism

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____ is the belief in one god.

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Monotheism

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____ is the belief that there are many gods but you only worship ONE god.

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Henotheism

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___ are refered to as the characteristics of god

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ANthropomorphism

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_____ is the wisdom, courange temperence and virtue; morallay ideal - good action is emphasized. concerned with MOTIVES

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Ethics of VIRTUE

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___ is concerned with establishing principles that define moral action. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

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ethics of OBLIGATION

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___ is the idea that god tells you what to do

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ethics of Divine Command

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___ is the idea of universal lawthat we all know is right.

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Cosmic or natural LAW

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___ spiritual gift with extrodinary power; teaches moral example. regarded as divine.

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Charismatic Leaders

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____ is a person describing charismatic authority and came up with charismatic leaders.

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MAX WEBER

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_____ teaches by example.

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exemplary moral Leader

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divine connectionl though as a gift.

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ethical prophet

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leaders/moral authority puts their work into writing or doctrines is called the _______.

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Routinization of CHarisma

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____ is rough raw underside of soceity. IE hip hop mirrors american society.

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Nitty-gritty hermeneutic

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____ describes salvationl ways of conceptuary salvation.

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Soteriology

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___is society's obsession of being thin and dieting for a way of salvation

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Culture LITE

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___ process of being delivered, redeemed, or liberated from enemy, danger,sin, etc. "DEVIL"S barter"

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Salvation

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person are saved "by faith alone"

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Sola Fide

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the 4 ways of salvation are....

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-Faith
-Devotion
-Disciplined Action
-Meditation

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who describes peak experiences and is the leader of humanistic psychology movement.

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Abraham Maslow

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____ meaning ALL POWER or unlimited power.

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OmniPOTENCE