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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/19/2012

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Propitiation 
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Act of appeasing, pacifying, or making favorable, often through some sort of sacrifice to a diety
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god. example: christianity, judaism, islam
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Polytheism
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Belief in more than one god
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Genetic Fallacy
Definition
Wrongly judging a religion based on its origins
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Ontology
Definition
Study of being and existence
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Ultimate Concern
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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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Myth
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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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Self- Transcendence 
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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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Archetypal
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Pattern or model from which other things such as insitutions, belief, and behavior are patterned
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Theology
Definition
The study of gods
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Literary Criticism
Definition
evaluating literature
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Textual Criticism
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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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Historiography
Definition
Writing of history. helps to distinguish historical occurances
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Anthropology
Definition
Study of human beings and their culture
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Functionalism
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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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Sociology
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The study of how religion interacts with other cultures and social aspects
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Max Weber
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Sociologist that contributed to the Marxist social analysis of religion
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Intrinsic and extrinsic religion
Definition

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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Philosophy
Definition
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
Definition
a way to test the meaningfulness of certain religious assertions
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Phenominological Method
Definition
Most illuminating approach to the study of religion. 
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Hermeneutics
Definition
the act or science of interpretation
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Taboo
Definition
"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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Totems
Definition
emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant
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Fetish
Definition
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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Rudolph Otto
Definition
Did a study "the idea of holy"/ regards to holy as an experience peculiar to religion
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Numinous
Definition
Ottos word to describe the uniquely religious Phenomenon
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Mysterium
Definition
experience of reality that one encounters that is extraordinary and unfamiliar. therefore mysterious
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axis Mundi
Definition
Sacred where heirophany is performed
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hierophany
Definition
THe act of manifesting the sacred
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Why you study religion
Definition

1. understand homoreligious

2. overcome ignorance

3. to comprehend our culture

4. to achieve a global perspective

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Mandala
Definition
a symemetrical diagram, circular or square; symbolic represetation 
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Mandala
Definition
a symemetrical diagram, circular or square; symbolic representation okf the universe
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