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Animism
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belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, such as thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
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autonomous religion
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a religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally
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branch
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a large and fundamental division within a religion
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caste
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the class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law
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cosmogony
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a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
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denomination
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a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body
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ethnic religion
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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
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literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect)
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ghetto
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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 group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure
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hierarchical religion
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a religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control
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missionary
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an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion
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monotheism
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the doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god
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pagan
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a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times
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pilgrimage
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a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
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polytheism
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belief in or worship of more than one god
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sect
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a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination
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solstice
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astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach its most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting gin the shortest and longest days of the year
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universalizing religion
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a religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location
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religion
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the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
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secularism
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the idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on earth, not to accommodated the prescriptions of a deity and promises of a comfortable afterlife
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feng shui
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the Chinese art and science of placement and orientation of tombs, dwellings, buildings and cities
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zionism
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the movement to unite the Jewish people of the diaspora and to establish a national homeland for them in the promised land
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shi'ite
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adherents of one of the two main divisions of islam
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minaret
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tower attached to a Muslim mosque , having one or more projecting balconies from which a crier calls Muslims to prayer
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interfaith boundaries
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the boundaries between the world's major faiths
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genocide
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the system killing of a large group of people or nation
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religious extremism
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religious fundamentalism carried to the point of violence
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jihad
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(among Muslims) a war or struggle against unbelievers.
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shari'a laws
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the system of Islamic law
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diaspora
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the forceful or voluntary dispersal of Jews from their homeland
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sunni
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adherents of one of the two main divisions of islam
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shamanism
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community faith in traditional societies in which people follow their shaman- a religious teacher, leader, healer and visionary
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hajj
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the Muslim pilgrimage to mecca, the birthplace of muhammad
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intrafaith boundaries
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boundaries within a single major faith
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religios fundamentalism
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religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy
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