Sociology Key Terms

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What is the name for rituals associated with religion?
Religious practices
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The definition for events that cannot be explained by science.
Magic
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Define a polytheistic religion.
Religions based around the worship of many gods
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What was enlightenment?
Associated with 18th century where reason became leading principle
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What is the name for the belief of ghosts or spirits?
Animism
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What is a substantive definition?
An attempt to explain what religion really is
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The name for a philosophical approach based on free will and self-determination
Humanist
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What is a charismatic leader?
A leader with a powerful and magnetic personality
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The name for activities that involve the body, mind and spirit
Cultic/holistic milieu
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Define civil religion.
Events that aren't religious but carry the same functions and sentiments
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What does 'ideology' mean?
A set of ideas that legitimates the power of a group
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What are definitions that focus on religion's effect on society?
Functional definitions
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The term for beliefs that give meaning to the world.
Sacred canopy
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Define a 'faith school'.
A school based around the principles of a religion
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The theory of life developing through natural selection.
Evolution
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What is the belief that only one viewpoint can be accepted?
Monopoly of the truth
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Define 'secularisation'.
The decline of religious belief
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What is the idea that people consume religion as they do products?
Spiritual shopping
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Self-denying.
Ascetic
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What is 'disengagement'?
Where religious institutions become less engaged with wider aspects ofsocial life
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What is the name for religions that are based around one god?
Monotheistic religions
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The name for things that aren't religious.
Profane
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What are totems?
Objects believed to have supernatural powers
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What is the name for things which are regarded with awe and reverence?
Sacred
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Define 'polytheistic'.
Relgions based around gods
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