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32 Cards in this Set
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“He that knows one, knows none” referring to religion |
Muller |
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Main overarching focus of all religions |
Ultimateconcerns |
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Feature of all religions |
Belief in a higher order and myths |
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Not a feature of all religions |
Prayer |
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The study of religion involves ___ of ones personal faith claims |
Bracketing |
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He that knows one, knows none. Referring to language |
Johann Wolfgang van Goethe |
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Theologian that observed that religion deals with matters of ultimate concern |
Paul Tillich |
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Proposed that religion consists of the belief that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto. |
William James |
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Term bracketing relates closely to |
Faith claims |
Based on essential beliefs |
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Example of cosmological festival |
New Years day |
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Substantive |
Defined by substance, what it jeans & how it defines the truth. |
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Functional |
Defined by function. What it does and how it works. Focuses on effects of religion in society and individuals lives. |
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Formal |
Defined by form. What it contains, how it appears. |
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Dualism |
Conception of an ultimate reality consisting of opposing of balancing forces |
Not present in world religions today |
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Dualism of Islam, Judaism, & Christianity |
Good & evil |
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Dualism if ancient Gnosticism |
Spirit & matter |
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Dualism of complimentary opposites |
yin & yang |
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Theistic system where other gods may exist but the nation/community worships only their own |
Henotheism |
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Theistic system where many gods may exist but all are manifestations of the one ultimate power |
Monism |
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Theistic philosophy where God created the universe but is no longer involved in the creation |
Deism |
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Theistic philosophy where one cannot know for sure if god exists or what gods will is |
Agnosticism |
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Describing religion, the emotional dimension of religious experience |
Otto & schleiermacher |
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Describing religion, moral & ethical sense of responsibility |
Immanuel Kant |
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Describing religion, how religion deals with issues of ultimate concern. |
Paul Tillich |
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Describing religion, only on the supposed negative aspects of religion psychologically and sociologically |
Freud & Marx |
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#1 rule in writing a definition of religion |
It must not be too narrow |
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Attempts to establish the wording that comes closest to the original |
Textual criticism |
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#1 rule in writing a definition of religion |
It must not be too narrow |
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Attempts to establish the wording that comes closest to the original |
Textual criticism |
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Attempts to establish the date, authorship, and whether the writing is a corporate work |
Documentary critics |
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Helps us to see that the book of Isaiah has two different authors who write in two different centuries |
Documentary critics |
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Helps us to recognize scribal edits and errors |
Textual criticism |
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