Midterm Flashcards
Belief in many gods
Polytheism
Belief in one God
Mono theism
Believes that God does not exist
Atheism
Uncertain to the existence of God because it cannot be proven
Agnosticism
Unconcerned with religion and the concept of a God is not considered. No assertation or denial
Non-theism
God is unlimited by the world and all ordinary reality
Transcendent
Belief that all elements of nature is filled with spirits
Animism
All knowing and unlimited understanding and knowledge
Omniscient
All powerful and has total power over the universe and all that is in it
Omni potent
Everywhere always
Omni present
Study of the divine
Theology
To reconnect or join again. What you believe
Religion
Seeking a union, something greater than oneself
Mystical orientation
Belief that certain rituals and ceremonies help one achieve salvation
Sacramental orientation
Implies that contact with the sacred is insured by proper beliefs and adherence to moral rules
Prophetic orientation
The eight elements of religion
Belief system, community, central minutes, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experience, material expressions, sacredness
A culture who’s various elements all have religious meaning
Holistic
Can view everything as a part of the same reality
Animism
Rule that prohibits specific behaviors
Taboo
Intercedes between ordinary and spiritual
Shaman
Long sacred pipe
Calumet
Telling of the future or past or discovering the unknown by magical means
Divination
The actor pouring liquid on the ground as an offering
Libation
Attempts to influence the outcome of an event through an action that has an apparent similarity to the desired result
Sympathetic magic
An animal or image of an animal considered to be related by blood to a family and is it’s guardian or symbol
Totem
Belief that everything in the universe is divine and everything is holy
Pantheism
