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World Religions
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
06/12/2013

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Monotheism

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 perceiving one high god who created and maintains the universe
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Pantheism

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identifying the universe or nature as God.  God is not outside the phenomenal world
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Pan-en-theism
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God is beyond the world, but at the same time God is in the world
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Polytheism
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recognizing many gods or numerous deities
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  Animism

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The belief that visible things, objects, and natural phenomena contains consciousness and spiritual energy
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Atheism
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not believing in any deity
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Agnosticism
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God or the Divine cannot be proven by human knowledge Agnosticism
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Nontheism
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taking no position on God Nontheism
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