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RELIGION
PHL 320 MIDTERM
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Undergraduate 3
01/17/2013

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agnosticism
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The belief that human cannot know if there is anything beyond this life
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apocryphal
Definition
Adj... referring to works excluded from canon of bible text as not genuine
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apostasy
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Accusation of abandonment of religious princicples
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bodhisattva
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A fully enligntened one who helps others to gain liberation from mental suffering
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Dao
Definition
the way or path
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diaspora
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members of a religious faith living away from their traditional homeland
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exegesis
Definition
critical examination of a religious text
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feng shui
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the practice of alligning buildings and furnishings...
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gnosticicm
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mystical or secret perception of spiritual knowledge...
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goddess spirituality
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worhip of a female entity as amongts highest divinity..
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iconoclast
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one who attacts/destroy sacred images
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incarnation
Definition
appearance of a divine beeing in flesh and blood form
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karma
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the effects of our actions upon this life and future lives
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mandala
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a symmetrical image or design with shapes emerging from center
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nirvana
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in buddhism, the ultimate state of bliss, free from cycles of death..
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orthodoxy
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adhering to the estabslihed tradition of religion
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Phenomenology
Definition
study of religion with apprciation for what they meant...
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polytheism
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beliefs in many/or multi-gods
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qi (ch'i)
Definition
the vital energy in the universe special in human bodies
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santeria
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a religion combining vodou and christian practices
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shaman
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in indigenous religion, " a medicine man" one who offers help by communicating spiritual world.
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stupa
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s rounded monumentwith central spires containing buddhist relics
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vedas
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ancient scriptures reveres by Hindus
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vipassana
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a form of buddhist meditation, now gaining american adherents
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vission quest
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a solitary ordeal undertaken to seek spritual guidance about one's misison in life
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