These are the key terms to know for Chapter 6 of Rubenstein
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| RELIGION | The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
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| BELIEF SYSTEM | An alternate term some academics use in place of "religion"
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| UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS | These religions accept followers from anywhere in the world with no restrictions.
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| ETHNIC RELIGIONS | These religions have a membership confined to a certain ethnic or cultural group.
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| SCRIPTURE | All organized religions have a written source of wisdom said to be of divine origin.
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| DOCTRINE | A formal set of rules governing religious practice, worship, and behavior in society
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| DENOMINATIONS | Branches of a religion which agree in general, but disagree on certain aspects of doctrine to the point of worshipping
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| COMPROMISING RELIGIONS | These readily reform their religious practices or integrate the doctrines of other faiths into their own.
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| FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGIONS | These are very rigid and do not compromise on doctrine. They strictly follow their scripture.
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| ANIMIST TRADITION | Various ethnic, tribal, and forms of nature worship. Tradition is named for the Latin word for spirit.
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| HINDU-BUDDHIST TRADITION | Includes the oldest universalizing religion and are polytheistic in nature. Reincarnation and the search for nirvana are common threads among these religions.
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| MONOTHEISM | Belief in only one supreme being (deity)
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| POLYTHEISM | Belief in multiple supreme beings (deities)
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| NIRVANA | The highest state of consciousness in Hindu-Buddhist traditions characterized by total enlightenment
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| ABRAHAMIC TRADITION | Includes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Shares similar scripture concerning creation, the story of Abraham, and the prophecy of a coming messiah. All are monotheistic.
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| SYNCRETIC RELIGIONS | The combination of multiple religions into a single faith. Could be described as "hybrid faiths".
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| THEOCRACY | Form of government where religious leaders have ultimate control over society
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| SECULARISM | Government is separated from religion and is controlled by a legal system free from religious control.
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| SHARIA | Islamic law based on the Koran and Haddith used in certain theocracies in the Middle East
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| SHAMANS | Practitioners who serve as spiritual interpreters of the universe in Animist religions with no written scripture
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| CASTE SYSTEM | Hierarchical social system governed by religious beliefs in things such as reincarnation, karma, and chakras and determined by birth
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| IMAMS | Spiritual leaders in the Muslim faith
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| SUNNI | Denomination of Islam containing 85% of all Muslims. Saudi Arabia is an example of a country adhering to this denomination.
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| SHIA | Denomination of Islam containing 15% of all Muslims. Iran is an example of a country belonging to this denomination.
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