A cult is a religious group that has no fixed set of beliefs. They focus on the inner power of individuals and mysticism
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What is cultural hybridisation?
This is when local, national and global cultures blend together to form a series of hybrid cultures
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What is cultural imperialism?
This is the idea that western culture is replacing local and national culture in many parts of the world
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What does desacrilisation mean?
This means rieligious and spirtual beliefs are becoming less important in society
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What is ethnography?
This is research which studies the culture and way of life of a community by looking at social relationships, organisations, customs and practices
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What does fundimentalism mean?
This is lving by a strict set of rules developed according to the literal teachings of religios authoriritve text
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What is an ideology?
This is a set of ideas and beliefs about the way things should be
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What is a metanarrative?
This is an overarching, all encompassing story which gives meaning to history and events
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What is multi-culturalism?
This is the exsitance of a lot of different cultures in one society
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What are new religious movements?
This are modern religions or spiritual movements that may have roots in established religion, but they are seen as alternatives to more dominant relgious groupd
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What is pentecostalism?
This is a form of christianity that places a lot nof importance on difrectly experiencing the presence of god and the holy spirit
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What is religious pluralism?
This is the belief that society is diverse and reflects the needs of soiets via democgracy and the free market
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What is religiousity?
This is how religious a person is and how important religion is within a group or society
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What is secularisation?
This is when religion has lost its impact in society
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What is a sect?
This is the opposite of the church, they are small radicial religious movements.
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What is a church?
This is a well established religious organisation
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What is a denomination?
This is a subset of the church
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What is cultural hybridisation?
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This is when local, national and global cultures blend together to form a series of hybrid cultures
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