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THEO 107 exam #1 Flashcards

1
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going into a situation with the assumption that people can practice anything and anyway they want

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critical tolerance

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2
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the idea that you should learn something from the religion before you actually state an opinion

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critical intelligence

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3
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tendency to put things into a judo-christian point of view or monotheism

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western bias

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a bias that shows the person’s viewpoint of religion in definition, negative or positive

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value bias

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a bias that involves different concepts that try explain what religion and without that concept then its not religion

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theory bias

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a bias that is focused on one gender that is dominant in the religion

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gender bias

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7
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a type of definition that focuses on what is a religion is

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substantive definition

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a type of definition that focuses on what does a religion do

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functional definition

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a type of definition that has a group of characteristics that if the item being defined has one or many of those characteristics

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cluster definition

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10
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part of the field of religious studies that uses rational, philosophical argument to formulate and understand questions about religious matters

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philosophy of religion

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a particular theory and comparative method that assumes religions to be manifestations of the sacred/spiritual reality

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phenomenology of religion

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12
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study of god/ broadly refers to an activity of insiders who seek to articulate coherent and systematic accounts of ideas central to their religious traditions

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theology

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an expert of this would ask questions about how the religion came to be and the past events

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history of religions

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a social scientific approach to the study of religion that uses standard anthro methods to understand how religion s related to culture

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anthropology of religion

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this area of religious studies applies standard socio theories of human behavior to religion in attempt to uncover the way social factors influence religious beliefs and practices

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sociology of religion

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16
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a sense referred to what they see as inappropriate explanations of religious phenomena in terms of non-religious factors

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reductionism

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17
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the idea that the soul directs the body and the soul continues to exists even when your body dies

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dualism

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the relationship between god and the world, and the idea that god is in everything

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pantheism

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literally meaning “in human form” and refers to the tendency to picture gods in human form

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anthropomorphism

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20
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the belief that knowledge of god’s existence is not possible

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agnosticism

21
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the spirit or the soul is simply the animating force within living

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unified theory of soul

22
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most often a sacred animal or plant representing the power of a social group often thought of as the first ancestor

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totemism

23
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a list of gods

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pantheon

24
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the belief that god is in three bodies like the son the father and and the holy spirit

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trinitarianism

25
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the belief that there is not god

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atheism

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the idea that all things have a body, animals have a body and a soul, but only humans have a body, soul and spirirt

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three-part soul(general)

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the idea that most people have a fleshy existence or body, a smaller percent can have a soul and a very select few have spirit

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three-part soul (specific)

28
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the belief that only one god should be worshiped although others exist

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henotheism

29
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the belief that god’s nature is an absolute, simple unity

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unitarianism

30
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the belief that god created the universe but does not intervene in its operation

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deism

31
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the idea that strips all beliefs from religion and leaves only morality

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“realized Christianity”

32
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narrative or story used to communicate some foundation aspect of a group’s world view or identity

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myth

33
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part of a myth about how the world is created

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cosmogantic myth

34
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part of a myth that is about the structure of how the world works

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cosmological

35
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origin of some aspect of culture (ex: why women must marry men)

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etiological myth

36
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looking to the end (apocalypse) theory

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eschatological myth

37
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refers to the hidden and often unintended function of a myth or ritual action

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latent functions of myth

38
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terms refers to the intended and obvious function in a sacred story or ritual

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manifest functions of myth

39
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one of the four relationships of science and religion where the two completely attacking each other because there’s no middle ground

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uncompromising opposition

40
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one of the four relationships of science of religion where they don’t oppose each other they exist separately and answer different things about the world that the other can’t.

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separation

41
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one out of the four relationships between science and religion where they learn from each other and both involve authority and imagination and appeal to ideal things “how are they similar and different”

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dialogue

42
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one of the four relationships between science and religion where each support each other and use scientific ideas to explain religion and vice versa, not in conflict

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intergration

43
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a major player in religious studies whose theory says religion dampens the struggle between the powerful and the powerless by redirecting it and giving it temporary illusory release, humans are divinity

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Karl Marx

44
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a major player in religious studies who was an early advocate of ethnography and found that the origin of religion in “belief in spiritual beings”

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Edward B. Tylor

45
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a major player in religious studies who found the origin of religion in the desire to influence the physical world and a progression from magic to religion.

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James Frazer

46
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a major player in religious studies who did a psychological analysis on religion and states that people have desire for the security of infancy hence “goddess mothers and fathers god”

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Freud

47
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a major player in religious studies who states religion is achieved through the activity of spiritual heroes or individuals who influence the morality and character of societies around them

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Max Weber

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a major player in religious studies who states religion as a process by which the sacred was recognized and separate from the profane. sacred is the supernatural

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Eliade

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