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Most Common Characteristics of Religion
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1. Community
2. central myths 3. ritual 4. ethics 5. characteristics 6. material expression 7. sacredness 8. belief system aka world view |
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Monotheism
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belief in one god
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Polytheism
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belief in more than one god
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Atheism
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the belief that God or any god does not exist
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Agnosticism
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the belief that the existence of God cannot be proven
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Nontheism
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- a position that is unconcerned with the supernatural
-taking no position in whether they believe in any deity |
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Transcendent
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-meaning - "climbing beyond"
- beyond time and space -unlimited by the world and all ordinary reality (often referring to God) |
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Immanent
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existing and operating within nature
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Dualism
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the belief that reality is made of two different principles (spirit and matter)
- the belief in two gods (good and evil) in conflict |
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Pantheism
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the belief that everything in the universe is divine
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Animism
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-root- latin word: anima- meaning "spirit," "soul," "life source"
- a worldview common among oral religions - sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits |
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Deconstruction
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- a technique making use of unexpected perspectives on cultural elements
-used for finding underlying values in a text, film, artwork, cultural practice, or religious phenomenon |
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Structuralism
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-an analytical approach that looks for universal structures that underlie language, mental processes, mythology, kinship, and religions
- this approach sees human activity as largely determined by such underlying structures |
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Post-structuralism
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- an analytical approach that does not seek to find universal structures that emphaize language, art, religions and other significant areas
- instead it focuses on observing carefully the individual elements in cultural phenomena |