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| The study of what is above and beyond the physical world |
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| A complete explanation of history, the Big Story, the Grand over-arching story |
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| When sacred reality goes beyond or stands over the natural world |
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| whwen there is less of a divide between the sacred and the natural world |
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| Truth that exists within us |
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| All knowledge comes from reason |
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| A manifestation of the sacred |
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| 3 Types of Scared Appearences |
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| Prophetic, Sacramental, Mystical |
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| A non religious world view that says we shoud focus exculsivley on this present world |
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| Philosophy of diversity without unity |
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| an attempt to remove the supernatural from something |
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| the attmpt to blend all th religions together |
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| an extinction of individual self |
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| an extinction of individual self |
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| the practice of denying oneself physical pleasures in order to become more spiritually focused |
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| the cosmic law of Justice |
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| a way of seein the world, a mindset, a formed opinon |
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| an approach which tries to understand and appreciate religion just as it appears |
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| to subsitute true reigion of heart and sou for devotion to external forms which leads to going through the motions |
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| worship of a phyical object. the misuse of art forms |
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| an overemphasis on a prescribed procedure for a religious rite |
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| established belief by a religion that is nt to be questioned |
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| someone who destroys religious icons or symbols associated with tradition |
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| ackowledgement of the sovereignty of the sacred over the tradition |
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| the catacysmic end of the present world |
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| a religious group founded by a charismatic leader that claims it has new revelation or insight that perfects, changes or invigorates an older tradition |
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| Aspects of religious traditons that focus on the appearence of the sacred to persons acheiving a certian "englightened" state of mind |
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| followers of a religious leader |
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| the process of drawing out or interpreting the meaning of texts |
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| a word used by members of a religious community to indicate an illegitimate idea or movement |
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| ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that focus on concern for human welfare |
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| Indicates the standard for the "right belief" set by a particular community |
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| Making restitution for ethical impurities in order to be fit to approach the Sacred |
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| a deliberate attempt on the part of a person to communicate with the sacred |
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| the disclosure of sacred truth |
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| A split within a religious body |
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| the attempt to answer questions about the sacred arising from the experience of evil |
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