Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards

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pantheistic

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religions involve believing that God is in everything in nature and the universe

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first principles

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the fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based

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creation ex nihilo

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creation out of nothing.

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celestial bodies

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all objects seen in the sky (the sun, moon, stars, and planets)

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animistic

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the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, wishes, feelings, and intentions

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mythological

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relating to, based on, or appearing in myths, or mythology

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Taoism

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philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events

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personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

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Hellenistic

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of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after Alexander the Great

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Maccabees

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Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, leaders of the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV.

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Martyrdom

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the death or suffering of a martyr

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perfect year

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defined by NASA as the period of one complete cycle of the equinoxes around the ecliptic, about 25,800 years

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apologist

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a person who speaks in defense of a person, an idea, or a position

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Pagans

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a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions

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cosmology

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study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe.

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