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| Act of appeasing, pacifying, or making favorable, often through some sort of sacrifice to a diety |
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| Belief in one god. example: christianity, judaism, islam |
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| Belief in more than one god |
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| Wrongly judging a religion based on its origins |
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| Study of being and existence |
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| Paul Tillichs def- concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary, and itself contains the answer to the question of the meaning of life |
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| A story accepted as history. Particularly involves gods telling about themselves or what they do or have done |
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| From ones self consciousness. Involves one finding themselves and helps one to answer the common question "why are we here?" or "what is our purpose?" |
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| Pattern or model from which other things such as insitutions, belief, and behavior are patterned |
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Comparison of texts to determine the authenticity. Is this the original or edited copy?
Bible is a great example because it is thought commonly to be written in english whereas the original was actually written in hebrew. |
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| Writing of history. helps to distinguish historical occurances |
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| Study of human beings and their culture |
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| Method applied to the study of religion that is not interested in the history or evolution of religions but rather focuses on how religions function in a particular culture or social structure |
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| The study of how religion interacts with other cultures and social aspects |
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| Sociologist that contributed to the Marxist social analysis of religion |
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| Intrinsic and extrinsic religion |
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Intrinsic- a persons religion based on internal and personal factors such as the way one feels or experiences that they have had
Extrinsic is more like rituals and how they express their religiosity |
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| comes from greek word meaning love of wisdom. Philosophy deals with the principles and rules that govern logic, theories of knowledge, morals, aesthetics, and the nature of being and reality |
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| The falsification principle |
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| a way to test the meaningfulness of certain religious assertions |
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| Most illuminating approach to the study of religion. |
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| the act or science of interpretation |
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| "prohibited", associated with the sacred-that is-dangerous-object or person who is not to be touched kor approached for fear of supernatural contagion |
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| emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant |
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| Refers to various objects, either natural or artificial. that are endowed with supernatural magical power or virtue and are capable of bringing good or evil |
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| Did a study "the idea of holy"/ regards to holy as an experience peculiar to religion |
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| Ottos word to describe the uniquely religious Phenomenon |
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| experience of reality that one encounters that is extraordinary and unfamiliar. therefore mysterious |
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| Sacred where heirophany is performed |
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| THe act of manifesting the sacred |
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1. understand homoreligious
2. overcome ignorance
3. to comprehend our culture
4. to achieve a global perspective |
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| a symemetrical diagram, circular or square; symbolic represetation |
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| a symemetrical diagram, circular or square; symbolic representation okf the universe |
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