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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
01/10/2015

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Agnosticism
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A position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven.
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Animism
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"spirit" "soul" "life force"; a worldview common among oral religions that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits
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Atheism
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"Not God"; a position asserting that there is no God or Gods
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Deconstruction
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A technique that sets aside ordinary categories of analysis and makes use instead, of unexpected perspectives on cultural elements' it can be used for finding underlying values in a text, film, artwork Jacques Derrida
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Dualism
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The belief that reality is made of two different principles (spirit and matter); the belief in two gods (good and evil) in conflict
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Immanent
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Existing and operating within nature
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Monotheism
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The belief in one God
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Nontheism
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A position that is unconcerned with the supernatural, not asserting or denying the existence of any deity
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Pantheism
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The belief that everything in the universe is divine
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Polytheism
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The belief in many Gods
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Post-Structuralism
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Analytical approach that does not seek to find universal structures that might underlie language, religion, art, or other such significant areas, but focuses instead on observing carefully the individual elements in cultural phenomena
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Structuralism
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An analytical approach that looks for universal structures that underlie language, mental processes, mythology, kinship, and religions; this approach sees human activity as largely determined by such underlying structures
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Transcendent
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"Climbing beyond"; beyond time and space
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Calumet
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A long stemmed sacred pipe used primarily by many native peoples of north America; it is smoked as a token of peace
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Divination
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A foretelling of the future or a look into the past; a discovery of the unknown by magical means
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Holistic
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Organic, integrated; indicating a complete system, greater than the sum of its parts; here, refers to a culture whose various elements(art,music,social behavior may all have religious meaning
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Libation
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The act of pouring a liquid on the ground as an offering to God
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Shaman
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A human being who contacts and attempts to manipulate the power of spirits for the tribe or group
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Sympathetic Magic
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An attempt to influence the outcome of an event through an action tht has an apparent similarity to the desired result- for example, throwing water into the air to produce rain or burning an enemy's fingernail clippings to bring sickness to that enemy
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Taboo
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A strong social prohibition
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Totem
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An animal (or image of an animal) that is considered to be related by blood to a family or clan and is its guardian or symbol
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