Chapter 6 Definitions Rubenstein

Question 1

Agnosticism

Answer 1

Belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists.

Question 2

Animism

Answer 2

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms or earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

Question 3

Atheism

Answer 3

Belief that God does not exist.

Question 4

Autonomous religion

Answer 4

A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.

Question 5

Branch

Answer 5

A large and fundamental division within a religion.

Question 6

Caste

Answer 6

A class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.

Question 7

Cosmogony

Answer 7

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.

Question 8

Denomination

Answer 8

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body.

Question 9

Ethnic religion

Answer 9

A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.

Question 10

Fundamentalism

Answer 10

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination or sect.)

Question 11

Ghetto

Answer 11

During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal or economic pressure.

Question 12

Hierarchical religion

Answer 12

A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.

Question 13

Missionary

Answer 13

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.

Question 14

Monotheism

Answer 14

The doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one god.

Question 15

Pagan

Answer 15

A follower of a polytheistic religion.

Question 16

Pilgrimage

Answer 16

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.

Question 17

Polytheism

Answer 17

Belief in or worship of more than one god.

Question 18

Sect

Answer 18

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.

Question 19

Solstice

Answer 19

An astronomical event that happens twice each year when the tilt of the Earth?s axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun?s apparent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.

Question 20

Syncretic

Answer 20

A religion that combines several traditions.

Question 21

Universalizing religion

Answer 21

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.

Question 22

Belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists.

Answer 22

Agnosticism

Question 23

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms or earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

Answer 23

Animism

Question 24

Belief that God does not exist.

Answer 24

Atheism

Question 25

A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.

Answer 25

Autonomous religion

Question 26

A large and fundamental division within a religion.

Answer 26

Branch

Question 27

A class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.

Answer 27

Caste

Question 28

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.

Answer 28

Cosmogony

Question 29

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body.

Answer 29

Denomination

Question 30

A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated.

Answer 30

Ethnic religion

Question 31

Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination or sect.)

Answer 31

Fundamentalism

Question 32

During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal or economic pressure.

Answer 32

Ghetto

Question 33

A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.

Answer 33

Hierarchical religion

Question 34

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.

Answer 34

Missionary

Question 35

The doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one god.

Answer 35

Monotheism

Question 36

A follower of a polytheistic religion.

Answer 36

Pagan

Question 37

A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.

Answer 37

Pilgrimage

Question 38

Belief in or worship of more than one god.

Answer 38

Polytheism

Question 39

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.

Answer 39

Sect

Question 40

An astronomical event that happens twice each year when the tilt of the Earth?s axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun?s apparent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.

Answer 40

Solstice

Question 41

A religion that combines several traditions.

Answer 41

Syncretic

Question 42

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.

Answer 42

Universalizing religion