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Most visible sign of religion. |
Ritual |
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Sacred stories that are passed down. NOT an untrue story. |
Myth |
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Easy identifiable & holds significant meaning to "insiders". |
Symbols |
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What is the most important part of any religion? |
Community |
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Belief in God or gods. |
Theism |
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Absence of belief in God or gods. |
Nonthiesm |
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Uncertainty of God or gods. |
Agnosticism |
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Belief in one and only one god. |
Monotheism |
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Belief in more than one God at once. |
Polytheism |
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Worship of one God while acknowledging the existance of others. |
Henothiesm |
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Worship of world and nature as synonymous with the sacred or god. |
Pantheism |
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Renouncing worldly things to have a religious experience. |
Asceticism |
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Renouncing worldly thing to follow a religious lifestyle. |
Monasticism |
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Seeking union with the sacred. |
Mysticism |
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Intellectual or intuitive engagement with religiosity; secretive. |
Esotericism |
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Showing outward signs of religiosity. |
Exotericism |
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Those who derive from a particular ethno-linguistic group and have close ties to a geographic location practice: |
Indigenous type religion |
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Asian type religion is: |
Those who derive from the larger Asian continent and have their roots in China, Japan, Korea, or Southeast Asia. |
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Abrahamic type religion is: |
Those who conceive of Abraham as a patriarch of their religious tradition. |
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What is the secularization thesis? |
Process through which religion becomes marginalized within society and becomes less practiced/known over time. THIS is why we are allowed to study religion academically. |
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Where was the first academic religious study? |
University of Chicago |
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Academic study of religion can be described as: |
Non-theistic, not apologetic, does NOT question truth or validity, & it only describes how things ARE. |
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What are the four academic apparoaches of religion? |
History, Anthropology, Sociology, & Psychology. |
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What is the psychological approach for academic religion? |
Religion as a response by the individual. |
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What is the academic approach to religion in Anthropology? |
Anthropology is religion as a function of culture. I.e. rituals and stories. |
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What is the academic approach to religion in Sociology? |
Sociology is religion as a function of society. I.e. numerical & quantitative |
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Where is religion studied Theologically(non academic)? |
Religious institutions like monasteries, ashram, synagogues, madrassa, & seminaries. |
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Theological study can be described as: |
Theistic and/or questioning existance of god. Apologetic, questions the truth and validity of OTHER religions, prescribes how things SHOULD be. |
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What are some approaches to Theological study? |
Biblical/textual studies, ecumenical studies, ritual studies, liturgical theory, preaching. |
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Who performs the Theological study? |
Religious individuals: rabbis, clergy, imam, theologians, seminary students, monks, nuns, mystics, & bible/qur'anic study groups. |
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What are the four basic elements of indigenous religion? |
Social roles, belief, ritual, & oral tradition. |
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What are some skill related social roles ? |
Workers/commoners, warriors, shamans, chiefs. |
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What are strict gener-defined roles in indigenous religion? |
Men, women, occasional third gender (mahu) with vital social responsibilities. |
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What is animinism? |
World is alive with spirits and supernatural beings. |
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What is totemism? |
Animals or plants associated with a family or community; often seen as an ancestor. |
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Rites of passage are for: |
The individual |
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Calendrical rights are for: |
The community. |
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What is divination? |
Reading signs or omens to predict future outcomes. |
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What is a prophet? |
Person who receives a message from the supernatural world; also called an oracle. |
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What is a shaman? |
Person who specializes in sacred knowledge; healer and/or teacher in community. |
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How are oral traditions performed? |
They are sacred myths which are sung, chanted, or rhythmically recited. |
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How did early hawaiians get to hawaii? |
By canoe |
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What did early hawaiians bring with them? |
Kalo, 'uala, & mai'a (taro, sweet potato, & bananas) and religion |
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What is the Kumulipo? |
One of several Hawaiian creation myths. |
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What does Akua mean? |
Gods |
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What are the five major Hawaiian gods? |
Kane, Ku, Lono, Pele, & Hina |
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What are Ku & Lono the gods of? |
Ku is the God of war and summer & Lono is the God of peace and winter. |
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What is Makahiki? |
Seasonal event during Lono's recognized peace time where crops are harvested and certain Kapu laws are bypassed. |
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What is the Kapu? |
Set of practices and prohibitions imposed by the Ali'i |
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Who is Pele? |
She is the Hawaiian god of volcanoes. |
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What is the 'Aumakua? |
The ancestral spirits/deities associated by clan/class/island etc. |
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What is Ali'i? |
Chiefs |
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What are the six major world creation steps in the Kumulipo? |
Dark>light>life>akua>ali'i>people |
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What is mana? |
Sacred energy, the closer we are to creation the more mana we possess ex: akua have more mana than ali'i and ali'i have more than people. |
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What are the ali'i descended from? |
Gods, goddesses, the Akua. |
