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midterm Flashcards

1
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osiris

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god of underworld

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isis

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wife of osiris

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horus

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son of osiris, sun god

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anubis

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guide of the dead

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5
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maat

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personification of nature and human law

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6
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mummification

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all organs except for heart are removed and put in jars

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zoroaster

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founding prophet

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ahura mazda

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the wise lord (zoroastrian)

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dakhma

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building where bodies are brought and eaten by birds

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10
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fravashi

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spiritual double (conscience)

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11
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egyptian view of soul

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living body, corpse, mummified body

ka (life force), ba (spirit that leaves at death)

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12
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the egyptian texts

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  • pyramid texts: location rulers could go to in the afterlife
  • coffin texts
  • book of the dead: judgement and kingdom of osiris
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13
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death in epic of gilgamesh

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dark view of the afterlife

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babylonian funeral practice, zoroastrian funeral

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preparation for death, recital of prayer

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15
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divisions of underworld greek

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elysium (for those who have lived a good life)
tartarus (for those who have lived a wicked life)
hades (for those not remembered by the living)

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16
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what constitutes a burial

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  • pit with body
  • something out of the ordinary
  • all parts of skeleton in proper place
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17
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i shall sail rightly in my bark

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egyptian text

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18
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far strider who came from heliopolis

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egyptian text

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19
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on the road where traveling is one way

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mesopotamian text

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20
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holiness is the best of all good

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zoroastrian text

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21
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psychic unity

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all human beings have the same cognitive equipment that is affected by culture

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22
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numinous

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out of the ordinary

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23
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tupilak

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monster fabricated by practitioners of witchcraft or shamanism

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24
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common characteristics among indigenous religions

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  • spiritualization of the world
  • all embracing connection sin nature
  • humans are part of and dependant on the natural world
  • spirit realms are accessible
  • religion reinforces social bond
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wari funeral practice

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  • ancestral realm under water
  • ancestors allow themselves to be hunted as peccaries
  • mortuary cannabilism
  • destroy all evidence of the deceased existence
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26
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animism

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some items inthe world are inhabited by spirits if an important event is tied to it

27
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melpa understanding of souls

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dead have some control over the living

  • dead depend on living for sacrifices
  • living can physically interact with dead
  • dead can see and hear everything
28
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if the wicked spirit dips the soul

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indigenous text

29
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an eldest brother refused to allocate a large pig

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indigenous text

30
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memento mori

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remember death

31
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thanatology

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scientific study of death

32
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taphophobia

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fear of being buried alive

33
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epoche

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suspension of judgement

34
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soteriology

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study of religious doctrine of salvation

35
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characteristics of religious ritual

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  • embedded in cultural system
  • perfored
  • formal and governed by rules
  • traditional
36
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van genneps rite of passage

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separation, liminality, incorporation

37
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mustard seed

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buddhist text

38
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mizvot

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613 commandment in torah

39
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sheol

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dark place of the dead

40
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dvekut

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closeness to god

41
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tahara

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washing and purifying of a dead body

42
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sitting shiva

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week long mourning period

43
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now the lord said to abram go from your country

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jewish text

44
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you shall love the lord your god

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jewish text

45
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keep then this entire commandment that I am commading you today

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Jewish text

46
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imitato christi

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christian handbook for spiritual life

47
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purgatory

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place of purification

48
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intercessory prayer

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praying to a deity on behalf of others

49
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augustines compromise

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spiritual and physical resurrection

50
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stages of resurrection

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-final judgement

51
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key features of four theories of atonement

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  • christs death as ransom
  • christs death as satisfaction
  • christs death as moral example
  • theosis (atonmenet provided by entirety of christs life)
52
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shahada

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muslim declaration of faith

53
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qibla

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direction that should be faced when a muslim prays

54
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hadith

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record of traditions or sayings of muhammad

55
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ruh and nafs

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life breath and soul associated with rationality

56
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munkar and nakir

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angels who test the faith of the dead

57
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barzakh

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period between death and final judgement

58
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the traverse

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bridge

59
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muslim funerary practice

A

shahada as last words
shroud body and close eyes
no expression of excessive grief

60
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when the sun is shrouded in darkness, when the stars are dimmed

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islamic text

61
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on that day the mountains shall be shaken to dust

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islamic text

62
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did i not bless you with youth?

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islamic text

63
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when the scales are erected and actions are weighed

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islamic text

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