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| Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. |
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| A large and fundamental division within a religion. |
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| The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law. |
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| A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. |
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| a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body |
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| a religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution, whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location where it originated |
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| literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion |
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| during the middle ages a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by jews; now used to denote a section or a city in which members of any minority goup live b/c of social,legal,or economic pressure |
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| an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion |
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| the doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god |
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| a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times |
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| a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes |
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| belief in or worship of more than one god |
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| a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination |
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| a hybrid of different cultural beliefs or practices |
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| a religion that attempt to appeal to all people not just those living in a particular location. |
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