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reincarnation
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belief in the return of one's spirit after death in a different form
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shaman
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practitioner of the spiritual arts who uses magic to cure the sick or punish their enemies
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Karl Marx
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believed that religion is an instrument of deception used to manipulate the lives of common people by promising them something that does not exist
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dogma
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believed to bee a spiritual truth that cannot be altered or interpreted differently
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rituals
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a repeated practice associated with a spiritual event
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religion
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a set of beliefs and practices that pertain to certain "things" among a community of believers
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sacred
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transcends everyday existence. is extraordinary, powerful, awe inspiring, and dangerous
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fundamentalism
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religious movement that wants to return society to what they feel is a spiritual past
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heresy
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believed to be an invalid conclusion to a spiritual
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schism
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a break that occurs within a religion over differences of spiritual interpretation
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prayer
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form of spiritual communication in verbal or nonverbal form
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civil religion
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belief that the deity becomes part of a nations identity.
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faith
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to believe in something that cannot be verified through empirical analysis
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totemism
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the belief that an animal or object should be worshiped as the mystical ancestor of all creation
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Max Weber
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concluded that protestant societies had greater industrial output because protestant church has less control of the actions of their members
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humanism
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a movement that rejects creationism and worships the human potential
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magic
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process of manipulating spiritual forces that are controlled by the shaman
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cult
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entirely new religion with no connection to previously existing faiths
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supernaturalism
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the belief that all living things are spiritually connected and can be personalized
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sect
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religious organization that does not seek accommodation of larger society
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denomination
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religious group that limits is membership to a particular group of category of people
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church
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religious organization that seek accommodation with larger society
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cosmology
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belief that the deity becomes part of a nations identity
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secularism
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historical movement away from spiritual values to a more worldly definition of social behavior
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ecclesia
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occurs when there is no distinction between values system between church and state
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agnostic
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individual who cannot prove or disprove the existence of the supernatural
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animism
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belief that all living things are spiritually connected and can be personalized
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