World Religions In America Test 1 Material

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Rules and Regulations that govern a church

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Canon Law

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Hanakkah is only a minor significance in Jewish Religion, but because it is in December it acts as the Jewish counter point to Christmas

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Christmas Challange

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apocaliptic in nature: end of the world as we know it. Predicted end of the world. The end of the world was brought by the spirits because the harmony of the world had been disrupted. There will be a new world/ indians will be given back there land. These practices (dances) were to speed up the process of the end of the world.

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Crisis culd movement/ Ghost dance

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(the seperation of church and states) denies government the right to encourage, endorse, or support a particular religion

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disestablishment

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setting aside one's own doubts and fears, and prejudices when aproaching a particular religion. informed empathy, attempting to understand believers pint of view Withholding own judgement but not descarding owns beliefs

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epoche

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believes they are right because both answers can't be correct.There is A truth. This is very natural to many religious traditions, especially in the face of diversity.

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exclusivist/ particularist

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freedom to practice or not practice whatever religion one chooses

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free exercise

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spread idea of freedom of choice, need for personal decision, and the premium upon individual liverty. Helped spread the notion that religion is a individual thing. Not something an individual can inherit.

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great awakening

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before this thre were uotas placed on how many individuals could enter the US according to the quota for each country. In _____ these quotas were raised significantly. More people came into US bringing there own religious traditions.

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Immigration Act 1965

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being able to communicate across different faiths

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interfaith dialogue

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if you have goods you have to market them and try to sell them. Because of the free exercise law church's now had to "sell" themselves to individuals. Church's marketed like goods

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market economy theory

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freedom of religion is a basic civil right that allows multiple religions to fourish in America

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Civil Religion

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the cariety of churches with in the Protestant denomination (ex. Baptist, methodist, prebyterian)

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denominationalism

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congress can not make a law that restricts the free exercise of religion. they can not limit freedom of speech; press; or the right for people to peacefuly assemble

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first amendment

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more conservatice, the bible is always right

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fundamentalists

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people in different context come to different truth claims. hard for us to determine who is right/wrong

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inclusivist

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Imigrants wanted to keep up with their own traditions and practices (Ex. Italians wanted to create Italian Parishes.) Wanted to create national churches that linked back to thir own nation. Wanted alternative school sstem, feared that if their children went into the public system then tey would be forced to convert to protestantism.

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natiional ethnic catholic response

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wanted to show that catholicism was american. argued that catholicism was democratic. supported english language parishes. opposed to establishing catholic school. thought they should be integrated into american culture

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americanist catholic response

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stories told by one person to another (others) inorder to pass a communities tradition from one generation to another, especially in Native american tribes.

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Oral tradition

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the local catholic church headed by the parish priest over seen by the Bishop

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parish

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evangelical. can be traced back to the Great Awakening because i is charasmatic (gift from the holy spirit) given power beyond his-her own potential. speaking in tongues a gift of the spirit. Penticostals refer to the glossolalia as the ultimate incouter/ ultimat communion with the spirit

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pentecostalism

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different kinds of tongues used in the pentacostal church

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glossolalia

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person that recognizes and affirms that there are many different people and many different religions in the world.

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pluralist

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the head of the worldwitde catholic church; in traditional catholic theology believed to be a direct, authorial decendent of the apostle peter

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pope

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belief that each person is responsible for his/her own belief with out dependence on outside authority.

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protestant individualism (priest hood of the believer)

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a community of men and women who carry out the specialized work of the church:missions, educatin, medicine,

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religious order

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a solemn ceremony or religious ritual which embodies the mystical presence of god. the catholic church recognizes seven sacraments: baptism, confirmation, matrimony, communion, ordination, anointing of the sick, penance

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sacrament

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a person who is not religious or conneted to any religious institution

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secularist

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a native american community's holy person who uses "ecstatic techniques" such as trance, visions, and dreams to bring sacred knowledge and healing powers to the community.

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shaman

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the merging of religious beliefs and practices, thus accommodating the influence of verious cultures and religions upon one another.

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syncretism

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a sacred image to the poor and disenfrachised of mexico. shortly after spain conquered mexico, the virgin mary appeaerd to guadalupe to a young, poor indian and promised hope for the downtrodden nativves of this country

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Virgin of Guadalupe

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native american church. peyote is a small hallucinogenic cactus. Native American church meeting are all night singing and prayer meetings. meetings called for specific reasons: illness of a member of a community, celebration of a special event. native american church is practiced by native americans from many tribes. incorparates elements of christianity. ex. peyote spirit may be identified as Jesus passages from the christian bible may be incorporated in the ritual

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peyote/ native american church

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Northern colonie, "city upon the Hill" We are Gods chosed example. God has a special task for America "manifest destiny" puritans= Gots chosen people. British Protestatns argues episcopalianism was to much like roman Catholacism (looked to formal, ceremonious, heartless. Wanted religion that moved ppl's hearts as much as it reached their heads and controlled their conduct.

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Puritans/ colonial New England

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rituals signifying the movement frome one stage of life to the next

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right of passage

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acts or events considered seperate from all things religious or sacred

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secularization

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N.A. tribal traditions are performed to bring something about--a stage of life, a sucesful hunt, a chane in season. these traditions are directed toward the creation of a meangingul life for the ppl w/in a specific landscape that has been sactioned by a tradition based primorial events recorded in mythology.

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tribal traditions

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Getting involved in the religion you are studying. Actually going there and participating in the religous activites.

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ethnography

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myth describes how two principal goddesses-the hard-being women of the east and west-dried the land, created animals, and then created one race of people. Another goddes-spider woman- created other races, which introduced discord into the society.

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Hopi Myth

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human population increased and became insensitive toward the animal world, animals rose up against them infected humans with rheumatism, fears, nightmares and diseases. Only plants were sypathetic towards humans and provided cures for their ailments.

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Cherokee Myth

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the distinctive Catholic saint who symbolizes God's love. This person frequently serves as an intercessor saint for women in Catholic devotional life.

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Madonna

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Name for those ritual ceremonies (seven officially) that contain God, or make available God's mysterious presence.

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sacraments

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social scientific approach

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they focus in on the social deminsions. All we can study is what happens on earth. Traditions and religion give people a sense of belonging through ex. stories. People get a sense of identity which is self empowering.

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secularization theory

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the more scientific/ modern a society becomes the less religous institutions there will be. Ex. the Christmas Challenge.

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charasmatic

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gift of the Holy Spirit