Sociology Chapter 18: Religion

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reincarnation

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belief in the return of one's spirit after death in a different form

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shaman

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practitioner of the spiritual arts who uses magic to cure the sick or punish their enemies

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Karl Marx

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believed that religion is an instrument of deception used to manipulate the lives of common people by promising them something that does not exist

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dogma

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believed to bee a spiritual truth that cannot be altered or interpreted differently

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rituals

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a repeated practice associated with a spiritual event

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religion

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a set of beliefs and practices that pertain to certain "things" among a community of believers

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sacred

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transcends everyday existence. is extraordinary, powerful, awe inspiring, and dangerous

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fundamentalism

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religious movement that wants to return society to what they feel is a spiritual past

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heresy

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believed to be an invalid conclusion to a spiritual

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schism

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a break that occurs within a religion over differences of spiritual interpretation

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prayer

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form of spiritual communication in verbal or nonverbal form

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civil religion

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belief that the deity becomes part of a nations identity.

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faith

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to believe in something that cannot be verified through empirical analysis

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totemism

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the belief that an animal or object should be worshiped as the mystical ancestor of all creation

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Max Weber

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concluded that protestant societies had greater industrial output because protestant church has less control of the actions of their members

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humanism

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a movement that rejects creationism and worships the human potential

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magic

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process of manipulating spiritual forces that are controlled by the shaman

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cult

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entirely new religion with no connection to previously existing faiths

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supernaturalism

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the belief that all living things are spiritually connected and can be personalized

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sect

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religious organization that does not seek accommodation of larger society

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denomination

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religious group that limits is membership to a particular group of category of people

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church

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religious organization that seek accommodation with larger society

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cosmology

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belief that the deity becomes part of a nations identity

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secularism

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historical movement away from spiritual values to a more worldly definition of social behavior

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ecclesia

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occurs when there is no distinction between values system between church and state

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agnostic

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individual who cannot prove or disprove the existence of the supernatural

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animism

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belief that all living things are spiritually connected and can be personalized
Ex: Pocahontas