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All religions
terms gerneral for all tests and religions
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
10/04/2009

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Another World to live in
Definition
Realm wherein one connects with the tradition's ultimate reality
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at-onement
Definition
at one with ultimate with reality. it ecompasses in its range of meaning 'reconciled with" with understanding the precise characterization of this state of at-onement will differ from one tradition to another
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Bracketing
Definition
setting yourself apart from the religious act "In the Roman Catholic Mass the bread and wine sacramentally become the body and blood of Christ," bracketing would say, "In the Mass, Roman Catholics believe that the bread and wine sacramentally become the body and blood of Christ."
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Central story
Definition
explain core meaning of the religion
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Crossing the Threshold
Definition
entering into the the system of symbols of a religious tradition and thus the other world of a tradition becoming an insider
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Estern religions
Definition
emerged Far East
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Empathetic objectivity
Definition
objectivity appropriate to study of human subjects and cultural phenomena such as religion
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Empathy
Definition
stepping into another persons prespectic and considering how things look from over there
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Eschatological
Definition
pertaining to end of history as we know it
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oneness of God
Definition
singularity of God as creator sustainer source of moral guidence
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Otherness of God
Definition
person-like character of God God is capable of entering into relationship with particular persons and peoples, thereby singling them out from among other persons and peoples to accomplish his special purposes in history.
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Problem of meaning
Definition
threat to the ultimate meaningfullness to the followers of specific religions it comes down to the importance of having to sope with those problems
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Prophet
Definition
Human spokesperson for God make know revalation to his followers
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Public Education religious studies
Definition
objective studies about religion in context of public education that are consistant with the first ammendment
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Religion
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A means of getting in touch with and of attaining at-onement with "ultimate reality."
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representational symbol
Definition
anything which refers to something about ultimate reality. many serve as presentational symbols
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revelation
Definition
communication by the ultimate reality to human being on things that they dont understnd
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Scandal of particularity
Definition
feature of historuical religions whereby the message of devine revelation is accessible only in and through the particular historical and culturally specific circumstances
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Spiritual regret
Definition
joy at discovering a new spiritual view that attracts you and sadness that you cannot fully adopt such a view.
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system of symbols
Definition
The complex of stories, scriptures (if the tradition is literate), rituals, symbolic forms, and particular vocabulary for referring to what is taken to be ultimate reality, that as an interconnected whole constitute the core of a given religion.
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test of empathy
Definition
one of two tests of candidates for empathetically objective interpretations of religious phenominonshow well they have captured the insiders perspective
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Test of neutrality
Definition
one of two tests it shows how well the interpreter is disengaged from the expression of one's personal attitude orientation and judgement
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