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        | A system of symbols,myths,doctrines,ethics and rituals for the expression of ultimate relevance |  | 
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        | something that is used to represent something else |  | 
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        | Prescribed,formalized actions that are used to dramatize religious symbols |  | 
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        | The attempt to manipulate spiritual forces |  | 
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        | the specific teachings of a denomination on the nature of a deity |  | 
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        | the position that only one deity exists |  | 
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        | the position that many deities exist |  | 
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        | the blending that takes place when different religions come into contact |  | 
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        | the doctrine that there are spirits in everything |  | 
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        | the position that no deities exist |  | 
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        | people who are strict about their religios doctrines and ethics and take a literal interpretation of scriptures |  | 
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        | Attempt to use philosophy and rational elaboration in order to explain or argue religious doctrine |  | 
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        | Father,creator god has withdrawn from active intervention in the world |  | 
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        | stone monument centers for rituals |  | 
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        | Ritual offering of something to deity, human sacrafice practiced by some reigions |  | 
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        | Medicine man figure prominent in religion of tribal cultures |  | 
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        | Something forbidden for ordinary use |  | 
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        | Puberty rite of American Indians, Young man is sent into the wilderness for communication with spirits |  | 
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        | of religion of civilizations arising between Tigris and Euphrates rivers |  | 
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        | Macedonia conqueror, spreading greek culture to the middle east, bringing in Hellenistic era around 300 B.C.E |  | 
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        | A deity having human form |  | 
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        | Greek Olympian deity representing reason, moderation |  | 
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        | 384-322 B.C.E Greek philosopher,emphasized reason,observation,moderation,influenced |  | 
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        | Catholic name, Averroes(muslim), and Maimonides(jewish) |  | 
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        | period of great religious and philosophical speculation, 600 B.C.E-200 C.E |  | 
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        | Deities representing powers of the earth(Greek) |  | 
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        | Mother goddess from asia minor, popular in rome in the early common era, self castration ritual |  | 
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        | Greek philosophy offshoot of sacrates, reject all social convention, ascetiasm, members were hermits |  | 
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        | Greek philosophy offshoot of socrates,reject all social convention,pursue pleasure |  | 
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        | 460-370 B.C.E-Greek philosopher "atoms are the material from which everything is made", no afterlife, Hedonistic |  | 
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        | Greek god of wine and ecstatic rites,son of zeus, his mystery cult involved devouring live animals |  | 
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        | Attempting to foretell the future through various rituals |  | 
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        | Greek monistic philosophers who denied the existence of change |  | 
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        | Greek,Hellenestic cult,mother-daughter goddesses, secret initiation rituals |  | 
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        | Greek philosophy materialist,Hedonist,"we free man from fear of death and religion" |  | 
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        | Fertility goddess prevalant in Hellenistic times |  | 
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        | Greek culture in the time after Alexander(300B.C.E) |  | 
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        | 6-5th century B.C.E. Greek philosopher "all is flame,change" attacked popular religion as superstition |  | 
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        | Egyptian and Hellenistic mother goddess,theistic,answered prayer |  | 
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        | Iranian son god who became an important cult among Roman soldiers, secret rituals, bull sacrafice |  | 
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        | "all reality is of a single thing" |  | 
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        | Ancient greek pantheon which included Anthropomorphic deities such as zeus |  | 
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        | Greek shrines for divination |  | 
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        | 6th century B.C.E . Ancient Greek mystery cult,emphasized afterlife,vegetarianism,asceticism,secret rituals,music |  | 
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        | Egyptian and Hellenistic god, dying and rising, judge of the dead |  | 
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        | A structured relationship between polytheistic deities |  | 
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        | 429-347 B.C.E, Greek philosopher "the physical world is but a physical manifestation of Ideal forms", Dualist,reincarnation,Ideal controlled society |  | 
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        | 570-500 B.C.E-Greek mathamatician and cult leader, reincarnation,vegetarianism, and secret rituals, ascetic |  | 
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        | 470-399 B.C.E-Greek philosopher, executed for allegedly challenging traditional religion |  | 
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        | Head deity of thunderbolt in greek pantheon, known as jupiter in rome, anthropomorphic |  | 
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