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Midterm I
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
11/01/2011

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The Chandler Appeal
Definition
Thomas Bradbury Chandler
stated the Bishops should be allowed to come
William Livingston = counter
significance: first religious dispute
Term
Virginia Religious Freedom Bill
Definition
Thomas Jefferson -> freedom of religion
1st Amendment
-Establishment Clause: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,"
-Free Exercise Clause: "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
significance: separate church and state and no accommodation for one religion
Term
Oceanic Feeling
Definition
part of something much bigger than the individual or group
Sigmund Freud
rituals can help bring on this feeling
significance: foundation for religious life and society
Term
Primacy of Possibility
Definition
realm above everything in which everything is derived from
magic = attempt to control gods and spirits by appealing to the P.O.P -> control fate
shaman = magician
significance: displays different ways in which religions appeal to the superior
Term
Sacrifice
Definition
giving something up that you have
recognition that life is finite and everything is limited
significance: economy of resources
Term
Myth
Definition
attempt to prove the reality of something that can't really be proved
ahistorical: no specific time and place
historical: specific time and place
Term
Mississippian Mounds
Definition
ability to grow and produce corn gave reason to settle
mounds were for chiefs and priest
place of storage and worship
significance:beginning of political situation
Term
Massacre of Wounded Knee
Definition
gave in peacefully, but one shot was fired and everyone started shooting
troops were there to respond to the Ghost Dance
significance: end of the Ghost Dance (end of the peaceful submission)
Term
Grant's Peace Policy/Religious Crimes Codes
Definition
easier to convert then conquer
Christian Missionaries left to manage Indian affairs
religion is mixing with government
--outlawed certain practices of Native Americans
1st amendment doesn't apply to the reservations
Term
Ghost Dance
Definition
restoration of pre-conquest way of life
white civilization will come to a downfall
all Indians will be reunited

significance: religion blending of Christianity and Native American beliefs; raised them up in a time of darkness
Term
Sun Dance
Definition
open themselves up to the creator
pray for all beings of the universe
misunderstood by white men
make a sacrifice
Crucifixion
significance: turning back to the traditional ways to solve problem
Term
American Exceptionalism
Definition
U.S. is qualitatively different; the drive for separation of Church and State
John Winthrop ( A Modell of Christian Charity) = live up to God's expectations, must obey God's law for the nation to prosper, analogous to Exodus (covenant with the people that if they do this God will help)
Ezra Stiles (Progress Toward Perfection) = optimism and deservingness , analogous to Exodus (on the path to fulfilling God's plan by leaving England)
Term
Exodus
Definition
slaves = Israel
America = Egypt
Black identify with Israel: Identification gave slaves a communal identity as a special, divinely favored people
Term
Marcus Garvey/Pan-Africanism
Definition
(1) acheivements of ancient African civilization
(2) redmeption of African in the present
(3) Glorious Africa Futrue
Look what we've done in the past, let's fix this now and have a glorious future
gave identity -> move for nationalism: unite the world's black citizens in a black land
Term
Nation of Islam
Definition
blacks were the original people
Yacub's History: Yacub was a geneticist who bred light skinned Africans -> white race -> White Devils -> separate the better people
significance: Blacks had a sense of chosenness, peoplehood
Term
Malcolm X
Definition
white men are stopping integration -> integration is not possible
black self-determination
Nation of Islam
significance: separation by any means necessary
Term
Martin Luther King Jr.
Definition
refused to participate in evil and aggression
not bring up conflict just revealing a disorder that already exists
suffering brings redemption -> indication of doing the right thing
whites mistreat blacks because of Ignorance
significance: integration through non-violence
Term
I Have a Dream
Definition
America can become the promise land if it upholds its promises: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Term
Mountain Top
Definition
getting to the promise land, moses gets 10 commandments from the mountain top -> MLK leading people to become equal
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