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| Realm wherein one connects with the tradition's ultimate reality |
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| 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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| 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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| explain core meaning of the religion |
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| 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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| objectivity appropriate to study of human subjects and cultural phenomena such as religion |
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| stepping into another persons prespectic and considering how things look from over there |
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| pertaining to end of history as we know it |
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| singularity of God as creator sustainer source of moral guidence |
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| 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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| 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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| Human spokesperson for God make know revalation to his followers |
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| Public Education religious studies |
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| objective studies about religion in context of public education that are consistant with the first ammendment |
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| A means of getting in touch with and of attaining at-onement with "ultimate reality." |
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| anything which refers to something about ultimate reality. many serve as presentational symbols |
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| communication by the ultimate reality to human being on things that they dont understnd |
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| 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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| joy at discovering a new spiritual view that attracts you and sadness that you cannot fully adopt such a view. |
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| 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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| one of two tests of candidates for empathetically objective interpretations of religious phenominonshow well they have captured the insiders perspective |
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| 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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