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RELS 200 Exam 4
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Activist Atheist/Agnostic | people who have notably advocated for atheism, in words or actions, as an alternative to theist religion, or religious belief in general |
Adura | prayer |
Agbo | herbal medicine |
Agnosticism | is the view or belief that the existence of God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable |
Ajogun | the personification of malevolent forces as six hundred and one warriors that wage war against humanity |
Anti-Theist | theory which refuses to ascribe to a god an attribute which is essential to a worthy conception of its character |
Ashe | affirmation and hopeful wishes |
Atheism | those theories which refuse to acknowledge that there is evidence even for the existence of a god |
Atunwa | the possibility of reincarnation within the family |
Ayanmo | man chooses his destiny |
Aye | life or exist |
Babalawo | client focused and based their healing powers on the Olodumare- the almighty God |
Baron D’Holbach | Attacked Christianity on political, moral, and philosophical grounds and his thought influenced French Revolution (1723-1789) |
Baruch Spinoza | Pantheism, No distinction between God and nature – Deus sive natura (“God or nature”) (1632-1704) |
Bertrand Russell | Teapot Agnosticism (1872-1970) |
Bondye | the ultimate source of power, deemed responsible for maintaining universal order |
Candomble | the Afro-Brazilian religious cults of Bahia, with origins in Yoruban religious ritual and belief, created by African slaves and their descendants; the ceremonies honoring the Yoruban orixás; the temple or cult center where the ceremonies are held |
Capoeira | a system of physical discipline and movement originating among Brazilian slaves, treated as a martial art and dance form. |
Church of the Latter Day Dude | The idea is this: Life is short and complicated and nobody knows what to do about it. So don’t do anything about it. Just take it easy, man. (founder is Oliver Benjamin) |
Church of the SubGenius | parody religion that satirizes better-known belief systems. It teaches a complex philosophy that focuses on J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, purportedly a salesman from the 1950s, who is revered as a prophet by the Church |
Crypto-culture | concepts like wealth, entitlement, enrichment, and ego |
Elegba | trickster god of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa |
Emi | me |
Hard/Strong Agnosticism | the firm belief that the existence of a Deity and the very nature of ultimate reality is logically and scientifically unprovable and therefore, unknowable by anyone. |
Herbert of Cherbury | Father of Deism (1583-1648) |
Ifa | the most venerable and venerated of these divination techniques or god of divination, fate, and wisdom |
Ile-Ife | place of dispersion |
Intellectual Atheist/Agnostic | people who are well-educated, interested in religion, informed about it, but not themselves believers |
Isese | the wisdom passed down from our ancestors and spiritual progenitors |
Iwa Pele | character, is centered on maturity, humility, honesty, sincerity and. patience (corrector right character) |
Iyalawo | Mother of Mysteries or Mother of Wisdom |
Karl Marx | Applied alienation to economics, Religion is opium of the masses (1818-1883) |
Kopimism | a modern-day religion that considers file sharing (aka data sharing) and copying of information to be a sacred virtue and a form of worship(Founded by Isak Gerson) p |
Loas | a god in the voodoo religion of Haiti |
Lokayata | is an ancient school of Indian materialism. It is considered as one example of the atheistic schools in the Hindu tradition |
Ludwig Feuerbach | "The heavenly Father is love personified and deified in the religious imagination", argued that human beings must have created religion in an attempt to assert themselves against their natural limitations |
Majority Group Status | they have been encouraged to think of themselves as being in superior position to study reality, usually well-educated white, older, males who are also wealthy |
New Age Spirituality | an umbrella term that describes a contemporary religious movement, not an organized religion, usually focuses on astrology |
New Atheism | advocates the view that superstition, religion, and irrationalism should not simply be tolerated |
Non-realist Religion | those who hold that religious claims are not about realities that transcend human language, concepts, and social forms |
Non-Theist | generally been used to describe apathy or silence towards the subject of gods and differs from atheism, or active disbelief in any gods |
Obatala | an orisha in the Yoruba religion |
Odu | the Yoruba name for God |
Ogun | Ogun is the god of war and iron |
Olodumare | The Supreme God or Supreme Being in the Yoruba pantheon |
Ori | it means "head", he is the "god" of spiritual intuition and destiny, it says that when things are a bit rough, call on him for help and "maybe" if you do everything right, he can attend your demands. |
Orisha | forces of nature (parts of god) who mediate between Olodumare and humanity |
Orun | Heaven |
Orunmila | Yoruba deity of wisdom, knowledge, and omniscience |
Oshun | commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality |
Oya | goddess embodying femininity |
Prime Mover | Aristotle called the thing that caused the universe to go into constant state of motion |
Renaissance Humanism | a worldview centered on the nature and importance of humanity, that emerged from the study of Classical antiquity |
Richard Dawkins | one of the four horsemen of new atheism who is an evolutionary biologist |
Ritual Atheist/Agnostic | they may find utility in the teachings of some religious traditions |
Santeria | Way of the Saints |
Sea of Faith | an organization with the stated aim to explore and promote religious faith as a human creation, symbolizes the diminishing influence of Christianity |
Secular Humanism | nonreligious, espousing no belief in a realm or beings imagined to transcend ordinary experience |
Seeker-Agnostic | unsure about the existence of a god or gods and does not hold a firm ideological position |
Shango | Yoruba God of Thunder, Lightning & Justice |
Sigmund Freud | Psychoanalyst, The “Divine Father" (1856-1939) |
Soft/Weak Agnosticism | the belief that the existence or non-existence of a Deity or the nature of ultimate reality is unknowable in the present moment but could possibly be knowable at some point |
Sunday Assembly | a non-religious gathering co-founded by Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans in 2013 |
Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson mentioned his redaction of Christian scripture to close friends but never published it; the finished product was intended solely for his own personal use |
Vodou | a monotheistic religion, which recognizes a single and supreme spiritual entity or God, known as Mawu-Lisa |
Yemoja | goddess of the river and mother of all other Yoruba gods |
Yorubaland | the homeland and cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa |
Problem (Atheism) | ignorance |
Solution (Atheism) | knowledge |
Techniques (Atheism) | reason, science, skepticism and critical inquiry |
Exemplars (Atheism) | freethinkers who think for themselves rather than follow the secondhand teachings of prophets, messiahs, priest, and other authorities |
Different types of Nones | Intellectual Atheist/Agnostic, Activist Atheist/Agnostic, Seeker-Agnostic. Anti-Theist, Non-Theist, Ritual Atheist/Agnostic |
Parody Religion | (Founded 1970s by Ivan Stang )A mish-mash of different beliefs taken from all sorts of religions and conspiracy theories (J.R. Bob Dobbs, Jehovah 1, Slack) |
Problem (Yoruba) | disconnection |
Solution (Yoruba) | to reconnect ourselves to our destinies, to one another, and to sacred power |
Techniques (Yoruba) | divination, sacrifice, and spirit/body possession |
Exemplar (Yoruba) | the orishas |
The Four Horsemen of New Atheism | Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris |