Details Title: American Religions Description: Furman University Helen L Turner Total Flash Cards: 22 Created: 09/15/2009 17:19:24		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Religious Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Religious Pluralism Definition seperate religions that exist side by side and maintain there differences. Term religious Postpluralism Definition religions that consciously or unconsciously blend and mix ideas from other religions Term White Buffalo Calf Woman Definition sacred woman in white buckskin with a bundle on her back Term Sacred Pipe Definition pipe given to Oglada chief by White Buffalo Calf woman Term Ghost keeping Definition a ceremony that surrounded the sacred pipe in which a the soul of the deceased could be kept from six months to two years. Term vision quest Definition performed alone on a sacred hill away from camp usually for the first time during adolescence Term sun dance Definition a dance that occured at a special time of the year and could be intertribal.  hooks were put in peoples flesh and they hung from a pole until the flesh riped and they were released.  this dance has been outlawed in many states in the US.  takes place in early summer after buffalo harvest. Term wakan Definition holy Term wakantanka Definition the mysterious force that surrounded the worl around them and its culminating aspects Term reclamation movement Definition return of lands, artifacts, and remains of ancestors Term Hopi Definition pueblo indians in the southwest Term Oraibi Definition sacred village of Hopi Term kivas Definition underground houses where rituals were performed by the men, also men prepared for dances in the kivas Term sipapu Definition hole in the bottom of the kiva that was an opening to the kiva Term Kachinas Definition !st: spiritual beings that give spiritual dimension to outer and physical existence 2nd: male dancers that during the kachina ceremonies impersonate males and female 3rd: carved dolls given to Hopi childrem during the dances Term Wovoka Definition Peiute Indian from Nevada named Jack Wilson, died twice and seen god Term peyote religion Definition plains religion that centers on a communion type ritual that involves eating a mild halucagenic Term inculturation Definition inclusion of native symbols and rituals in official church services Term Black Elk Definition spiritual leader among his people and he saw no contradiciton in embracing what he thought was valid in his peoples beliefs and in christianities beliefs Term shaman Definition one acting a mediator between the physical and spiritual world Term trickster Definition characters added to stories such as coyote spreading the stars in the sky or stealing mother waters baby and causing a flood Term Definition