Chapter6 Religion

Question 1

Animism

Answer 1

Animism is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

Question 2

Autonomous religion

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Cosmogony

Answer 3

the branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system

Question 4

Denomination

Answer 4

A branch of autonomous Christian religion

Question 5

Ethnic religion

Answer 5

Religion not spreading

Question 6

Fundamentalism

Answer 6

a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture

Question 7

Ghetto

Answer 7

put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.

Question 8

Hierarchical religion

Answer 8

Religion with a top leader (Pope)

Question 9

Inhumation

Answer 9

the action or practice of burying the dead; the fact of being buried

Question 10

Interfaith boundary

Answer 10

Boundaries around the worlds biggest religions

Question 11

Intrafaith boundary

Answer 11

Boundary within major religion

Question 12

Monotheism

Answer 12

only one god that created the world

Question 13

Pilgramige

Answer 13

Movement to another place

Question 14

Polytheism

Answer 14

Multiple gods

Question 15

Religion

Answer 15

Ways of belief

Question 16

Sacred space

Answer 16

Places that people pray and worship

Question 17

Sect

Answer 17

a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

Question 18

Secularism

Answer 18

state is the religion

Question 19

Shaminism

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Syncretism

Answer 20

Blending beliefs

Question 21

Tribal religion

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Universalizing religion

Answer 22

Religion growing

Question 23

Zionism

Answer 23

Jewish people retiring to Homeland. (Jerusalem)