Chapter6 Religion Flashcards
Animism
Animism is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence
Autonomous religion
Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
Cosmogony
the branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system
Denomination
A branch of autonomous Christian religion
Ethnic religion
Religion not spreading
Fundamentalism
a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture
Ghetto
put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.
Hierarchical religion
Religion with a top leader (Pope)
Inhumation
the action or practice of burying the dead; the fact of being buried
Interfaith boundary
Boundaries around the worlds biggest religions
Intrafaith boundary
Boundary within major religion
Monotheism
only one god that created the world
Pilgramige
Movement to another place
Polytheism
Multiple gods
Religion
Ways of belief
Sacred space
Places that people pray and worship
Sect
a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.
Secularism
state is the religion
Shaminism
Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world
Syncretism
Blending beliefs
Tribal religion
Many Indians belonging to these populations adhere to traditional Indian tribal religions, often syncretised with one or more of the major religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and/or Christianity and often under ongoing pressure of cultural assimilation
Universalizing religion
Religion growing
Zionism
Jewish people retiring to Homeland. (Jerusalem)
