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An official count or survey especially of a population

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Census

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An approach to studying religion and worldviews that focuses on living. It looks at the different ways in which people behave.

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Human and social sciences

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Some people’s worldviews will be shaped strongly by the organisations/ institutions they belong to e.g. the Catholic Church

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institutional/ organised worldviews

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Original or most basic meaning - e.g. a literal reading of the Bible sees the words as representing the basic facts

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Literal

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An error in reasoning

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Logical fallacy

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Idea that texts do not contain facts, but rather have symbolic and metaphorical meaning.

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Non-literal

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not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

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Objective

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An approach to studying religion and worldviews that focuses on thinking. It considers the big questions like
‘does God exist?’

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Philosophy

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Different religions & worldviews living alongside one another

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Pluralism

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establishing the truth of a statement

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Proof

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Information presented as quantities (numbers and statistics)

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Quantitative data

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Information that is descriptive, and cannot easily be measured, often gained through conversations and observation.

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Qualitative data

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Difficult to define; a system of faith or belief, often associated with a divine being (God)

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Religion

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Not connected with religious or spiritual matters

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Secular

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Process of religion/ spirituality becoming less significant in society

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secularisation

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A sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves; a search for meaning in life; takes many forms

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Spirituality

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based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

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Subjective

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An approach to studying religion and worldviews that focuses on believing. It looks at where beliefs come from, how they have changed over time, how they are applied.

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Theology

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Someone who believes in god

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Theist

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Giving a true picture; used to evaluate the truthfulness of research in social sciences

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Validity

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A particular way of understanding the world e.g. an atheist would not say they are religious but they clearly have a worldview (i.e. there is no God)

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Worldview

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