Key Terms Pg.28

Question 1

Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions

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Universalism

Question 2

Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe

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Transcendent

Question 3

Belief in a deity or deities

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Theism

Question 4

Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept

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Symbol

Question 5

Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred

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Spirituality

Question 6

Personal disregard of religion , government policy of not favoring one religion

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Secularism

Question 7

Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans

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Scientific materialism

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The real of the extraordinary , beyond, everyday perceptions, the supernatural,holy

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Sacred

Question 9

A repatea , patterned religious act

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Ritual

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A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred, as shaped by institutional traditions

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Religion

Question 11

Editing and organization of a religions scriptures

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Redaction

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Personal awareness of the existence of unseen reality

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Realization

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Worldly,secular,as opposed scared

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Profane

Question 14

Belief that there are many deities

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Polytheism

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Strictly standing by received traditions

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Orthodox

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A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history

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Myth

Question 17

Belief that there is only one deity

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Monotheism

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Intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason

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Mysticism

Question 19

Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world

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Metaphysics

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Taking a flexible, non dogmatic approach

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Liberal

Question 21

Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of all-encompassing designer,since they reveal complexities that seem to be beyond chance or evolutionary process

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Intelligent design

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Physical embodiment of the divine

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Incarnation

Question 23

Present in the visible world

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Immanet

Question 24

An approach to life focusing on humans’ responsibility to lead ethical lives without belief in the supernatural

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Humanism

Question 25

Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities

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Gnosis

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Insistence on what is perceived as the historical form of one’s religion

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Fundamentalism

Question 27

Belief that one’s own tradition is the only true religion and that other are invalid

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Exclusivism

Question 28

Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of ultimate reality

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Enlightenment

Question 29

Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religions insitutions

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Dogma

Question 30

Belief that all life was created by God

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Creationism

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A disciple that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions

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Comparative politics

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Magnetic attraction, a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders

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Charisma

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Full awareness of invisible reality

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Awakening

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Belief that there is no deity

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Atheism

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Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas

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Allegory

Question 36

Belief that if there is anything beyond this life it is impossible for humans to know it

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Agnosticism

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Believing in one’s received traditions as completely and exclusively true

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Absolutist