Religion Chapter 6

Universalizing Religion

A religion that seeks to unite people from all over the globe.*Christianity

Religious Conflict

Conflict based on religious difference * Catholics VS Christians

Mormonism

comprises the religious, institutional, and cultural elements of the most populace branch of the Latte Day Saint movement *The saga of Mormonism began in 1820

Solstice

A point in the calendar when the sun hits either its highest or lowest points. This is important for the Judaism and Islam religion because of their lunar calendar.* summer and winter Solstices.

Sect

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination. *Vaishnavism

Buddhism

A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.* you will she statues of buddha in nail salons

Islam

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran.* Muslims

Hinduism

A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation* hindi

Proselyte Religion

A religion that actively seeks converts and has the goal of converting all humankind.*Christianity

Hierarchical Religion

A religion with a well defined geographic structure that organized territory into local administrative units.* catholic

Cosmogony

A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe.* God~ Adam and Eve

Missionary

An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion.*Hinduism

Animism

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.* Pyramids

Ghetto

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*name of the Jewish quarter in Venice

Muslim Population

It is the religion of 1.3 billion people in the world. It is the predominant religion of the Middle East from North Africa to Central Asia.* Muslim religion

Shamanism

Local religions associated with particular places. A single person fulfills the roles of priest, counselor, and physician and claims a conduit to the supernatural world. * witch doctor

Sacred space

Place or space that people infuse with religious meaning * Church

Taoism

Religion founded by Lao-Tsu and based on his "Book of the Way". Focuses on proper form of political rule and on the balance of humanity and nature. * Ying Yang

Religious Architectural Styles

Urban architecture of Teotihuacan was dominated by * Chinese temples

Interfaith Boundaries

boundaries between the world's major faiths* religion VS Gov

Muslim Pilgrimage

if physicaly and finacially able, a muslim makes a pilgrimage to mecca. * hajj

Exclave

is a portion of a state geographically separated from the main part by surrounding territory.*the region around the Russian city Kaliningrad

Jainism

is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live a life of harmlessness and renunciation. * Mahavira

Enclave

is any portion of a state that is entirely surrounded by the territory of a single other state.*Vatican City

Landscapes of Dead

landscapes that are only there because of the dead *cemeteries

Fundamentalism

literal interpretation and strict adherance to basic principles of a religion or religious branch denomination or sect* Judaism

Monotheism

Belief in one God * just believing in jesus christ

Religious Toponym

the origin and meaning of the names of religions * Buddhism originated from hindu

Hadj

5th pillar of Islam * Pilgrimage to Mecca.

Sunni

A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad *Bahrein is Sunni, but has a large Shiah population of Persian origin.

Secularism

A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations. *In doing so, he corrupted India's democracy and crippled its commitment to secularism.

Shia

A form of Islam who believe that Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin Ali was Muhammad's successor in the Caliphate unlike the other half of Islam, the Sunni.*one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam

Pilgrimage

A journey to a place of religious importance. *going to church

Branch

A large and fundamental division within a religion* the judicial, legislative, and Executive branches.

Sikhism

A monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak. It is not a part of Islam or Hinduism.*Sikhism mainly differs from Christianity in that it inculcates the transmigration of the soul, and adopts a belief in predestination, which is universal in the East.

Christianity

A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.* Bread = body ; Wine = blood

Cargo Cult Pilgrimage

Cargo Cult's believe western goods have been traded to them by ancestral spirits. It takes place in Melanesia Hadj 5th pillar of Islam. *Pilgrimage to Mecca.

Confucianism

Chinese ethical and philosophical teachings of Confucius. *family, peace, and justice

Denomination

Denomination A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. *Protestantism

Autonomous Religions

Self-sufficient and interaction among communities is confined to little more than loose cooperation and shared ideas.* Islam

Caste System

System in India that gives every Indian a particular place in the social hierarchy from birth. Individuals may improve the position they inherit in the caste system in their next life through their actions, or karma. After many lives of good karma, they may be relieved from the cycle of life and win their place in heaven.* case system is a type of class structure.

Sharia Law

System of Islamic law, based on varying degrees of interpretation of the Qur'an * laws for muslims

Religious Culture Hearth

The area where most religions were born. * India (hinduism)

Paganism

The profession of no religion *Atheist

Reincarnation

The rebirth of a soul in a new body * some people be live in the idea of reincarnation

Polytheism

The worship of more than one god.*Mythology

Zoroastrianism

Though to be the world's oldest monotheistic religion, originating in Persia around 3500 BCE. *The introduction of Zoroastrianism was abandoned; Christianity was already far too deeply rooted.

Ethnic Religion

religion that is identified with a particular ethnic or tribal group and that does not seek new converts. *Judaism

Shintoism

the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma* samurai

Geomancy

the art of placing or arranging buildings or other sites auspiciously* white house in Washington DC

Judaism

the monotheistic religion of the Jews *chanukah