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| A domain of experience that includes everything regarded as extraordinary and that inspires in believers deep and absorbing sentiments of awe, respect, mystery, and reverence |
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| Religions in which the sacred is sought in places, objects, and actions believed to house a god or spirit |
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| Religions in which the sacred revolves around items that symbolize significant historical events or around the lives, teachings, and writings of great people |
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| Religions in which the sacred is sought in states of being that, at their peak, can exclude all awareness of one's existence sensations, thoughts, and surroundings |
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| A term describing everything that is not sacred including things opposed to the sacred and things that stand apart from the sacred, albeit not in opposition to it |
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| Rules that govern how people must behave in the presence of the of the sacred to achieve an acceptable state of being |
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| A group whose members hold the same beliefs about the sacred and the profane, who behave in the same way in the presence of the sacred, and who gather in body or spirit t agreed-on times to reaffirm their commitment to those beliefs and practices |
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| A professionally trained religious organization, governed by a hierarchy of leaders, that claims everyone in a society as a member |
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| A hierarchical religious organization, led by a professionally trained clergy, in a society in which church and state are usually separate |
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| A small community of believers led by a lay ministry, with no formal hierarchy or official governing body to oversee its various religious gatherings and activities. Sects are typically composed of people who broke away from a denomination because they came to view it as corrupt |
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| Religious Organizations, resembling both denominations and sects, that have left denominations or ecclesiae and have existed long enough to acquire a large following and widespread respectability |
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| Very small, loosely organized groups, usually founded by a charismatic leader who attracts people by virtue of his or her personal qualities |
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| An institutionalized set of beliefs about a nation's past, present, and future and a corresponding set of rituals. Both the beliefs and the rituals take on a sacred quality and elicit feelings of patriotism. Civil religion forges ties between religion and a nation's needs and political interests |
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| A religious movement based on the idea that organized religions have a responsibility to demand social justice for the marginalized peoples of the world, especially landless peasants and the urban poor, and to take an active role at the grassroots level to bring about political and economic justice |
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| An economic system that involves careful calculation of costs of production relative to profits, borrowing and lending money, accumulating all forms of capital, and drawing labor from an unrestricted global labor pool |
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| A belief that people are instruments of divine will and that God determines and directs their activities |
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| The belief that God has foreordained all things, including the salvation or damnation of individual souls |
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| A process by which religious influences on thought and behavior are reduced |
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| Subjective Secularization |
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| A decrease in the number of people who view the world and their place in it from a religious perspective |
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| Subjective Secularization |
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| A decrease in the number of people who view the world and their place in it from a religious perspective |
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| A belief in the timelessness of sacred writings and a belief that such writings apply to all kinds of environments |
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