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| Religion | Definition |
|---|---|
| PROSELYTIC RELIGION | (blank) |
| REINCARNATION | Reincarnation, literally "to be made flesh again", is a doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives death to be reborn in a new body. |
| RELIGION | A religion is a set of beliefs and practices often organized around supernatural and moral claims, and often codified as prayer, ritual, and religious law. |
| RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURAL STYLES | It is concerned with the design and construction of places of worship and/or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, and temples. |
| RELIGIOUS CONFLICT | (blank) |
| RELIGIOUS CULTURE HEARTH | (blank) |
| RELIGIOUS TOPONYM | (blank) |
| SACRED SPACE | (blank) |
| SECULARISM | Secularism is generally the assertion that certain practices or institutions should exist separately from religion or religious belief. |
| SHAMANISM | (blank) |
| SHARIA LAW | (blank) |
| SHINTOISM | is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It is a type of polytheism, and involves the worship of kami (神, kami?), spirits. |
| SIKHISM | founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world |
| SUNNI/SHIA | are the two major denominations of Islam. Approximately 85% of the world's Muslims are Sunni, whilst the remaining 15% are Shi'a (also referred to as Shiite), with most Shia belonging to the Twelver Shia and a small minority divided between several other |
| TAOISM | Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. These traditions have influenced East Asia for over two thousand years and some have spread internationally |
| THEOCRACY | is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine power governs an earthly human state, either in a personal incarnation or, more often, via religiou |
| UNIVERSALIZING | (blank) |
| ZOROASTRIANISM | is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra, Zartosht). Mazdaism is the religion that acknowledges the divine authority of Ahura Mazda, proclaimed by Zoroaster. |