Beliefs in society key words

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Enlightenment
Period associated with the 18th century when reason became to be seen as a guiding principle.
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Ideology
Set of ideas that legitimate the power of a particular group.
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Profane
Ordinary, unreligious aspects of life.
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Sacred
Regarded with awe and reverence.
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Totems
Objects such as animals or plant that are believed to have supernatural powers.
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Anomie
A state of confusion and normlessness.
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Civil religion
Events or activities that involve ritualistic patterns and generate collective sentiments usually associated with established religions.
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Collective conscience
Beliefs and values shared by members of society that are essential for social order.
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Communism
Political philosophy originated by Marx that advocates common ownership and business.
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Consensus
Shared agreement on norms and values.
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Ideological apparatus
Agencies that persuade subordinate groups that inequality is natural and normal.
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Totemism
A primitive religion involving the worship or certain objects seen to have a widespread influence over tribal life.
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Ascetic
Self-denying.
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Calvinists
17th century Protestant sect based on the thinking of John Calvin.
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Fundamentalist religion
Belief systems that argue the need to return to traditional values and practices.
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Predestination
Belief that an individuals’ destiny is fixed before their birth.
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Religiosity
Importance of religion in a person’s life.
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Relative autonomy
Degree of freedom that state institutions have from the direct control of the R/C.
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Theodicy
Religious ideas that explain fundamental questions about the nature of existence.
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Globalisation
Process whereby social and economic activity spans many nations with little regard for national boarders.
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Meta-narratives
'grand’ explanations provided by religion, politics and science. A big story.
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Monopoly of truth
View that only the viewpoint of the holder can be accepted as true.
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Religious pluralism
Where a verity of religions co-exists, all of which are considered to have equal validity.
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Spiritual shoppers
Postmodern idea that people consume religion in much the same way as any other product.
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Evangelical goals
Aim of converting others to your faith.
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Pentecostal movement
Various fundamentalist Christian congregations whose members seek to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Disengagement
Where religious institutions become less engaged in wider aspects of social life.
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Individualism
Putting the interests of the individual before the interests of the social group.
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Secularisation
Process in society where religious beliefs and practices lose their social significance.
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Set of ideas that legitimate the power of a particular group.

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Ideology

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Ordinary, unreligious aspects of life.

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Regarded with awe and reverence.

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Objects such as animals or plant that are believed to have supernatural powers.

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