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24 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic
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concerning beauty or artistic perception, important for religious expression
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cosmogonic myth
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sacred story that tells of the creation or founding of the world and of basic human realities
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ethics
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thought and study about moral decisions on the basis of traditions of right and wrong
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healing rituals
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religious rituals devoted to promoting health, often complementary to modern medical practices
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kenosis
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"emptying out'; in ritual, the movement of separation or doing away with the old state
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liminal
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in ritual, the state between separation (kenosis) and restoration (plerosis)
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monism
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view that all reality is one unificed divine reality
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monotheism
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belief in one almighty God, separate from the world
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myth
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story about scared beings in the beginning time, telling how existence came to be as it is and providing the pattern for authentic life
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nondualism
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view that ultimate reality and the phenomenal world are not different
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path of transformation
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practice in a religious tradition that changes one from the wrong or inadequate state to the ideal state
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plerosis
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"filling up"; fulfillment or restoration movement of ritual
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polytheism
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belief that many divine powers share in the world's operation
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religious traditions
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sacred stories and basic ideas and practices that religious communities "hand over" from generation to generation
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rites of passage
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rituals connected with the critical changes or passages in a person's life, especially birth, puberty, marriage, and death
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rituals
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activities of many kinds that connect people with sacred realities, including prayer, sacrifice, chanting, festival and mediation
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sacred space
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space that is made special by connection with the sacred, providing orientation and rootedness for a people
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sacred story
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master story of a religion, providing identity for the adherents
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sacred time
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special time of ritual and festival, when mythic events are made present once more
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sacred
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what is experienced as ultimate reality, the mysterious. Other that is the ground of ultimate value and meaning
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symbols
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words, pictures, ideas, rituals, and so on that evoke deep meanings by connecting with sacred reality
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transformation
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the act of reaching the ideal state of wholeness, perfection, or salvation
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understanding
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"standing under" another's way of thought and life, comprehending it by reference to one's own experience
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worship
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respectful ritual activity in special times, direct toward sacred beings or realities of ultimate
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