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40 Cards in this Set
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Axis Mundi
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Center of Existence
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Symbol
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Something concrete that stands for something abstract
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Taboo
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Prohibition from approaching the sacred
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Communion
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Evoking God, or gods in a community
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Hogan
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house of Navajo
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Hohzho
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Idea of Beauty and Harmony (belief of Navajo)
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Totems
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Animals or objects sacred to a person or gorup of people
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Sacred
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set apart
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Profane
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ordinary world
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Secular
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worldly (i.e materialism etc.)
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Anthropomorphism
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Human characteristics applied to a non-human object (same as personification)
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hierophany
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something sacred revealing itself to us
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fideism
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faith must precede knowledge
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ascetic
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person who lives a self-denying life
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animism
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belief that all things have a soul or spirit
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Analogy
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similarity between things otherwise unlike
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archetypal
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original pattern, or model from which other things such as institutions, beliefs, and behavior are patterned.
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catharsis
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cleansing or purging
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Functionalism
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Method applied to the study of religion that is not interesten in the history or evolution of religions but rather focuses on how religion functions in a particular social or cultural context
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normative
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measure or standard by which other beliefs or practices are to be judged
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omniscient
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having infinite knowledge
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omnipotent
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all-powerful
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ontological
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nature of being
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Finitude
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Limits
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Ritual
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Religion in Action
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(Catergories of Religion)
Basic Form |
The traditional and oral that applies to all religions. (Primitive) basically the foundations of religion
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Cultural Form
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Religion that is tied closely to a specific culture
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Super cultural Form
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Religion that transcends geographic bounds
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Cults Form
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Religious groups outside of organized or established religions. Cults/Splinter groups are looking for more spiritual and emotional fulfillment. Their leaders are charismatic and authoritative.
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Belief
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Statements that are accepted as truth
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Mysterium
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Experience of a reality that is beyond our measures to comprehend
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tremendum
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feeling of peculiar dread and awe: 2 qualities "might" or "overpoweringness"
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fascinians
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evokes expressions of joy, praise and adoration
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Literary Criticism
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examines the sacred text of a religion
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Historiography
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examines facts of and make new facts to determine what took place
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Anthropology
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examines what functions religion served in the total life of a community in primitive societies
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Sociology
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also interested in functions, but more concentrated in modern societies
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Psychology
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examines the religious experience (?)
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Philosophy
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examines religious experience and beliefs
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Phenomenology( study of human awareness, preface of philosophy)
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to examine religious expression in its own terms
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