Religion
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| Universalizing Religions | A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location
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| Ethnic Religion | A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated
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| Branch | A large and fundamental division within a religion
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| Denomination | A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body
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| Sect | A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
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| Monotheism | The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god
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| Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god
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| Animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
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| Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times
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| Missionary | An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
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| Ghetto | During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
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| Pilgrimage | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
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| Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.
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| Solstice | Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.
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| Diocese | The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.
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| Autonomous Religions | A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.
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| Fundamentalism | Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).
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| Caste | The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
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| Hierarchical Religion | The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
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| Christianity Branches | Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant
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| Five Pillars of Islam | Fundamental beliefs and practices that include 1. Belief in Allah as the one and only God, 2. Praying 5 times a day facing Makkah, 3. Giving charity, 4. Fasting during Ramadan, 5. Once a lifetime pilgrimage to Makkah.
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| Four Noble Truths | Basic concepts of Buddhism that include 1. all people suffer, 2. Suffering leads to reincarnation, 3. Main goal is to end the cycle of reincarnation by achieving Nirvana, 4. Nirvana is reached by following the Eightfold Path.
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| Eightfold Path | In Buddhism the Eightfold Path includes rightness of belief, resolve, speech, action, livelihood, effort, thought, and meditation.
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| Sikkism and Baha'i | Two universalizing religions smaller than Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Read about them on p. 188.
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| Muhammad | Prophet of Islam, brought the word of Allah to the people of Arabia when the Angel Gabriel spoke to him of Allah's purpose.
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| Jesus | Believed by Christians to be the son of God whose teachings were spread throughout the world after his crucifixion by his 12 disciples
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| Abraham | Judaism, Christianity and Islam trace their beginnings to him
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| Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism
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| Hinduism | There is no one founder of Hinduism, but it is believed to have originated earlier than all other religions in India, brought by the Aryans from Central Asia
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| Shintoism | Major religion of Japan, derived from Buddhism.
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| Diaspora | Greek word for the forced migration of Jews out of the Holy Land (Palestine/Israel) when the Roman Empire could not stop the Jews from rebelling.
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| Ganges | Holy river in India for Hindus
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| Solar Calendar | Used by some universalizing religions with 12 months of 30 or 31 days with some variations.
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| Lunar Calendar | Used by many ethnic religions because of the constant and mystical variations of its phases.
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| Places of worship | Church, basilica, mosque, temple, pagoda, synagogue, tabernacle, shrine, cathedral, chapel, sacristy
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