Intro/Basic Flashcards

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Belief System

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ideas which claim to be true about how the world is and ought to be which can be religious or non-religious (secular)

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Religion

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belief/faith in a supernatural force/being/spirit and associated values and practices (rituals)

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Religiosity

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how religious a individual is

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Substantive definition

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Focus on what religion is

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Functional definitions

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Focus on what religion does

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Constructionist definitions

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What people say religion is based on their interpretations and meanings

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Durkheims definition

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A unified system of beliefs and practices relating to sacred things, places, people, events

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Marx definition

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human made ideologies which delude people about their social conditions

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Webers definition

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answers to human existential dilemmas, which make life meaningful and off the ethical guidelines

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