ap hg ch 6 vocab
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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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| Autonomous religion | A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.
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| Branch (of a religion) | A large and fundamental division within a religion.
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| Caste | The class of distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.
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| Cosmogony | A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.
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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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| Diocese | The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.
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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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| Fundamentalism | Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).
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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 live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.
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| Hierarchical religion | A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.
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| Interfaith boundary | The boundaries between the world's major faiths.
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| Intrafaith boundary | The boundaries within a major religion.
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| Missionary | An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.
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| Monotheism | The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god.
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| Pagan | A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.
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| Pilgrimage | A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
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| Polytheism | Belief in or worship of more than one god.
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| Religion | The service and worship of God or the supernatural.
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| Sect | A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination.
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| Secularism | A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
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| Shamanism | Form of a tribal religion that involved community acceptance of a shaman, a religious leader, healer, and worker of magic who, through special powers, can intercede with and interpret the spirit world.
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| Solstice | Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.
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| Syncretism | The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait.
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| Traditional/tribal religion | Special forms of ethnic religions distinguished by their small size, their unique identity with localized culture groups not yet fully absorbed into modern society, and their close ties to nature.
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| Universalizing religion | A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
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| Zionism | A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel.
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