Chapter 6 vocabulary for APHG.
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| Universalizing Religion | A religion that attempts to appeal to all the people, not just those living in a particular location.
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| Solstice | An astronomical event that happens twice each year.
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| Sect | A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
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| Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god.
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| Pilgrimage | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
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| Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion.
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| Monotheism | The doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one god.
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| Missionary | An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
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| Hierarchical Religion | A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.
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| Ghetto | During the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews.
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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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| 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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| Diocese | A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian church.
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| Denomination | A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body.
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| Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.
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| Caste | The class or distinct heredity order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.
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| Branch | A large and fundamental division within a religion.
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| Autonomous Religion | A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.
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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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