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Vocab Terms 1/2 Flashcards

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Agnosticism

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Belief if there is anything beyond life, impossible for humans to know

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Atheism

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Non belief in anything

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Dogma

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System of beliefs in a religion

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Fundamentalism

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Strict following a set of principles

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Heretic

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Member of a religion whose views r unacceptably to orthodoxy

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Immanent

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Present in creation

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Incarnation

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Physical embodiment of the divine

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Monotheism

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Concept that there is no god

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Mystic

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One who values inner spiritual experience

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Non theistic

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Not having belief in god(s)

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Liberals

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Member of religion, more flexible approach to traditions

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Orthodox

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Member of religion, strict follower

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Theistic

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Believing in god(s)

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Transcendent

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Existing outside the material universe

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Animism

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Attributing soul to objects/animals/plants

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Haudenosaunee

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People of longhouse/ known as Iroquois

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Potlatch

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Gift giving feast on special occasions

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Powwow

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Gathering of aboriginal people w ritual dances/drumming/chanting

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Residential schools

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Boarding schools for native Canadian. 1870-1990
Remove kids from families/culutre
Kids physically/emotionally/sexually abused

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Shaman

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Medicine man/woman
Spiritual leader who can communicate w the spirit world

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Smudging ceremony

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Purification ritual
Burning/drawing sweet grass over body

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Sun dance

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Ceremony practiced by many tribes
Hooks r placed in the flesh as symbolic sacrifie to the creator

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Sweatlodge

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Purification ritual involving heated/sauna tent/hut

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Vision quest

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Process of purifying/fasting in order to be sensitibe to visions/voices

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Wampum

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A belt of coloured beads used for treat/speaking well in public

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