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18 Cards in this Set
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Labels for Eastern Religion time period? |
19th century |
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Found Western Christian scholars assumed other religions were based on Christian models |
Willard G. Oxtoby (1933 - 2003) |
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Suggests that the central definition of religion is "means to ultimate transformation" |
Frederick Streng (1933 - 1993) |
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Reasoned that deities are simply projections of human qualities and that we do not see these qualities in ourselves. |
Ludwig Feuerbach (1804 -1872) |
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Claims religion pacifies people falsely and makes them tools of their own oppression |
Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) |
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"Religion is a glue that holds society together" |
Emile Durkheim (1858 - 1917) |
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Suggests that religion fulfills a neurotic need and is a collective fantasy |
Sigmund Freud |
Famous psychoanalyst |
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Names of Unseen Reality |
Enlightenment, realization, illumination, satori, etc |
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Developed comparative religion |
Mircea Eliade |
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Attempts to understand and compare religious patterns found around the world |
Comparative Religion |
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Indigenous |
Descendents of the original inhabitants of lands now controlled by larger political systems in which they may have little influence |
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Lifeway |
Particular approach to all life |
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Cosmogonies |
(Australian aborigines) Models of the origins of the universe & their purpose within itas well as a working knowledge of their own bioregions |
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Vodou |
Dahomey tradition from West Africa brought to Haiti by African slaves and is one of the names for the chief nonhuman spirits |
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Narieka |
(Mexican) doorway to the heart, channel for divine power, point where human & spirit worlds meet |
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Dreamtime |
Timeless time of Creation, according to Australian aboriginal beliefs |
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Orisa |
Yoruba term for deity |
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Vision Quest |
A solitary ordeal undertaken to seek spiritual guidance about one's mission in life |
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