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Chapter 1Response
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Belief that if there is a divine being it is impossible for humans to known it | agnosticism |
| the intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limit of reason | mysticism |
| believing in a single god | monotheistic |
| a symbolic story based on a symbol | myth |
| perspective that says ultimate reality exists | faith |
| spiritual reality without a personal deity | non theistic |
| present in the world | immanent |
| religions based on one's relationship with a divine being | theistic |
| sacred accounts of the creation of the world | cosmogony |
| a repeated, patterned religious act | rituals |
| physical embodiment of the divine | incarnations |
| there is no deity | atheism |
| perspective that says humans invented religion | materialistic |
| a system of belief declared to be true by a religion | dogma |
| believing in many deities | polytheistic |
| insistence on the adherence to the historical form of a religion | fundamentalist |
| perspective that says religion is useful | punctuational |
| adhere to the historical form of a religion | orthodox |