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| the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the type of job typically held by members of their class |
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| a literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of humanity and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact |
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| an incream in the lowest level of education required to enter a field |
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| a large organized religion that is not officially linked with the state or government |
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| a religious organization that claims to include most or all members of a society, and is recognized as the national or official religion. |
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| standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools |
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| the idea that life is so complex |
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| a small secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an exisiting faith. |
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| the ordinary and commonplace elements of life, as distinguished from the sacred |
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| max webers term for the disciplined work ethic, the worldly concerns, and rational orientation to life emphasized by john calvin and his followers |
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| a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things. |
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| a practice required or expected of members of a faith |
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| elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe, respect,and even fear |
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| a relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it considers the original vision of faith |
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| the process through which religions;s influence on other social institutions diminishes. |
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| a kinship system in which both sides of a persons family are regarded as equally important |
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| an authority pattern in which spouses are regarded as equals |
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| the restriction of mate selection to people within the same group |
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| the requirement that people select mates outsiede certain groups |
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| pride in the extended family, expressed throughthe maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk outside the immediate family |
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| a set of people related by blood marriage or some other agreed upon relationship adoption who share the primary responsibilitty for reproduction and caring for members of society |
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| the conscious or unconscious tendency to select a mate with personal characteristics similar to one's own. |
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| the prohibitation of sexual relationshipsbetween certain culturally specified relatives |
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| the state of being related to others |
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| a society in which women dominate in family decision making |
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| a kinship system in which only the relatives of the mother are significant |
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| a form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to eachother |
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| a married couple and their unmarried children living together |
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| a society in which men dominate in family decision making |
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| a kinship system in which only the relatives of the father are significant. |
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| a form of polygamy in which a woman may have more than one husband at one time |
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| a form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands at the same time. |
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| a form of polygamy in which a man may have more than one wife at the same time. |
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