Quiz 1 Flashcards
Belief
Convictions, assertions, and habitually accepted unquestioning viewpoints that define a religious culture’s worldview. (It’s way of life, it’s social structure, the nature of human existence and its problems, the solutions to the problems of life, and often concise statement of the fundamental agreed upon religious claims.
Community
Is a group of people united in their beliefs, practices, and experiences that motivates them to cooperate and work together for the attainment of social and religious goals.
Cult
Is usually a small group of people who gravitate around a leader who may be charismatic (A charm that inspires devotion in others).
Magic
A secret tribe or society, who are individually responsible for royal sacrifices, funeral rites, divination, and interpretation of dreams. (Greek/Persian)
Worldview
Conception of the world, which provides a religious culture with its basic orientation and defined location within an all-encompassing view of the world and itself.
A culture’s creation myth. (Ex.Christians-Heaven above, earth in middle, hell below earth)