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American Religious Texts dr. Seitz
MIDTERM review
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Undergraduate 2
03/05/2013

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modernity
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perpetual critique, post-traditional, post-medieval historical period with a move from feudalism towards capitalism and industrialization; importance of Enlightenment
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acids of modernity
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secularization, disenchantment, privatization
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historical critical method of reading the bible
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through historical context; based on a premise that ancient authors reflected their own historical situation; unfettered by religious structures; not to debunk faith but learn the history
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positivism/scientism
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emprical knowledge as the only one worth having; science should displace phil and theo as the source of social ideology; scientism is society based upon scientific principles
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heart religion
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most important to seek God within our heart; 3 ways to recognize him: in us, every person, those who are not here
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revivals
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evangelistic meeting or series of such meetings made in order to gain new converted believers; consecutive days of service at the same location
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American Anti-Catholicism
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hostility to Catholics and their Church prominent among Protestants in Britain and Germany startin from the period of Protestant Reformation; two different types
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religion of feeling
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Romanticism focuses on our emotions; emotions are powerful agents of expression
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aesthetics
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branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, history, and taste, with the creation and appreciation of beauty; sensory values study
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medical materialism
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a form of reductionism applied to the matter of religion; attempt to explain the greater in terms of lesser; understanding big ideas through easy concepts
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definition of religion
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the feelings, acts, and experiences of an individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they might consider divine
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mysticism
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pursuit of communion with divinity; four aspects: transient; ineffable; noetic; passive
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fruits not roots
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evaluating an action by their results rather than their initial intentions or origins
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'Oath Against Modernism'
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issued by Pius X 09/01/1910; encyclical; everyone associated with religion should swear to it
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encyclical
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the official law made by the pope; Greek kyklos circle; in communion with the Apostolic See
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Catholic Anti-Americanism
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belief that America is inherently incompatible with the Catholic Church
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de-conversion
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either a loss of faith in a certain religion or the return to previous religion
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sacramentality
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sacraments produce grace; principle both in mystery and reality; very important for becoming a true believer; being together with one's God
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Mystical Body of Christ
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papal encycical; Pius XII; calls church the body of Christ
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Catholic Worker Movement
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collection of autonomous communities of Catholics and their associates founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933; justice and charity of Jesus Christ
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