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Exploring Religion 1
Exploring Religion Test 1
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/15/2009

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Abington vs Schempp
Definition
1. Can't endorse a particular worldview
2. Can't incorporate practice into class
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Academic Study of Religion
Definition
Describes world religions in all cultures, past and present.
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Aetiology
Definition
study of origins. place name custom festivals
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Animism
Definition
Lain word meaning spirit or soul personal, good or evil..give something a soul... a name.
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Anomolies in Nature
Definition
Eschatological motif..."Disorder in Nature"
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Anomolies in Society
Definition
Eschatological motif "Disorder in Society"
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Anthropomorphic..anthropologist study
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Deity in a Human Form
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Apologetics
Definition
person who backs up religious views with historical facts
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Arnold van Gennep..van travel through a
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The Rites of Passage..book certain rituals that are tied with crisis due to biological development.
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Blasphemy/Desecration
Definition
desacronize
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Bronislaw Malinowski
Definition
Math. Anthropologist. accused Frazer of being an armchair anthropologist. believed in objective studies.
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Canon
Definition
measuring stick: canonical or authoritative..measuring standards
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Canonization
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Ceremony
Definition
an activity infused with ritual significance
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Claude Levi-Stauss
Definition
structural anthropology and toteism
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Confessional Study of Religion
Definition
Practice of Religion. 1.deepen faith 2.share faith 3.defend faith 4.re-enforce like- minded believers
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Consummation of the Age
Definition
close of a cycle
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Contagious Magic
Definition
Law of Contact. Voodoo
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Cosmogonic Myths...bam!
Definition
Origins of the World. Chaos-darkness water, Cosmong active ordering, Cosmos order place for everything.
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Cult
Definition
secret practices; Druze
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Denonmination
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Destructive Magic
Definition
Magic used to Harm. Sorcery, Witchcraft.
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Divine Craftperson
Definition
Dogon society was divided on gilds(own creative story)
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Divine Sacrifice
Definition
myth motif. Willing Victim of sacrifice.
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Do Ut Des
Definition
"I give, so you will give." sacrifices
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Dreams
Definition
Spontaneous Vocation.
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Earth Diver
Definition
responds to Island Culture
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Ecstasy..flower
Definition
John C Lily drug that creates hallucination. tested it and journaled.
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Emile Durkheim
Definition
Turned Anthropologists to the study of the social function of religion.
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Epoche
Definition
Greek."To Fence in" or "Bracket"
1) issues of truth falsity
2) issues of reductionism
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Eschatological Myth
Definition
Myths about the end of time. Cosmos-Chaos. opposite of cosmogonic
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Ethnocentricism...judge ethically
Definition
Practical and Cognitive. Use your standards to judge others.Cognitive-Think others think like you
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Exorcism
Definition
casting out of unwanted demons.
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Fables
Definition
Latin world for Fabula. End with lesson. Personified animal characteristics. Fiction.
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Fairy/Folk Tales
Definition
Hero who does extraordinary deeds. purpose: entertainment
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Features of Rituals(Rites)
Definition
Repetitive, Performative(acted out), Reverse of Ordinary(lords prayer), orchestrate symbols(language or song)
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Fetish..foot fetish
Definition
Naturally produced object. not psycho sexual. four leaf clover, rabbits foot
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Functions of Religious Groups
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Golden Age Myths..Garden..Grace

GGG

Definition
Not discreet. found attached to Gardern of Eden. Include "Fall from Grace"
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Hero/Savior Myth
Definition
Lord Raglin "the hero" compares heros
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Hierogamy
Definition
Divine Marriage. Father Sky, Mother Earth.
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Homeopathic Magic
Definition
Law of Imitation Magic.
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Insider/Outsider
Definition
Roman Catholic vs. Protestant Example
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James G. Frazer
Definition
Examines history of Magic. "The Golden Bough"
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Law
Definition
short statement that has a punnishment for breaking rules.
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Legends
Definition
Deal with Historical Figures, whose deeds are exaggerated.
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Lots
Definition
casting a vote
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Magic
Definition
using supernatural forces to influence events.
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Mana
Definition
benign impersonal divine power, electricity.
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Maxim
Definition
Short sayings with 2 Scenarios
if then, second person
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Miraculous Conception
Definition
Unusual conception. birth in an elaborate fashion. ex. Jesus...Hero/Savior
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Motif
Definition
smallest understandable part of a story.
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Necromancy..needs assistance
Definition
is a form of magic in which the practitioner seeks to summon "operative spirits" or "spirits of divination", for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom.
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Omens/Portens
Definition
4-leaf clover. Portence...bad omen
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Oracles
Definition
refers to a person(Delphi) or a mechanical object(Tarot Cards).
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Orthodoxy
Definition
correct measure
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Orthopraxy
Definition
correct practice
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Phenomenological Method
Definition
Edmund Husserl. avoid injecting prejudices. Epoche, observation, descriptioon, research.
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Phytomorphic
Definition
Deity Plant Form
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Polymorphic
Definition
Deity Multiple Forms
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Prayer/Hymn/Spell/Incantation
Definition
All have similar structure. religious discourse
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Presentments/Premonition
Definition
see future; forewarn...present something
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Productive Magic
Definition
Hunting Fishing Farming
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Protective Magic
Definition
Medicine, Health. Aversive Magic
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Proverb
Definition
Short saying with 2 scenarios.
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Radical Dualism
Definition
Good and Evil. No gray area.
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Reductionism
Definition
argument that takes a complex phenomenon and reduces it to a slight cause origin or function.Freud "collective neurosis"
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Reification
Definition
Takes a process and turns it into a thing. Religion is a process.
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Religious Group
Definition
Sunday is the most segregated day in the world.
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Rite of Passage
Definition
Initiation process. biological development celebrated. separation, liminal, reintegration.
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Rite/Ritual
Definition
Re-enactment of a mythical story.
Dogons peform rituals instead of work.
set of stylized action/words used on special occasions.
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Romances
Definition
Fantastic Stories. Illustrates worldview. Witches and Wizards
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Rudolph Otto
Definition
Perceived God Tremendous Fascinating Mysterious "All Powerful"
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Sacrifice
Definition
offering b/c of sin.
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Saga/Epics
Definition
human, hero, gods. Iliad Odessy
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Shaman
Definition
Tungus people. AKA witch or sorcerer
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Sympathetic Magic
Definition
performed to gain control of what is beyond means. Homeopathic-Imitation Contagious-Contact
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Taboo
Definition
ritualized no no. 2 major taboos, incest. food.
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The Golden Bough
Definition
Examines History of Magic. by Frazer
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Theodicy
Definition
Explanations for evil.
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Theology
Definition
Study of Religion
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Theomochy
Definition
War between gods.
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Theriomorphic
Definition
Deity in Animal Form
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Threatened Childhood
Definition
Hero/Savior Trait
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Totem
Definition
animal you are traced back to. family group traces back ancestry.
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Unusual Conception
Definition
Jesus (virgin, old) motif of Hero/Savior
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Wisdom Literature
Definition
Not law, behaving foolishly. The fool makes his own punishment.
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Witch/Witchcraft
Definition
Destructive Powerful Magic. b/c of intent. Born Bad, sometimes unintentional
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Movie
Definition
Joesph Campbell "Power of Myth"
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