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| A system of symbols,myths,doctrines,ethics and rituals for the expression of ultimate relevance |
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| something that is used to represent something else |
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| Prescribed,formalized actions that are used to dramatize religious symbols |
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| The attempt to manipulate spiritual forces |
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| the specific teachings of a denomination on the nature of a deity |
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| the position that only one deity exists |
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| the position that many deities exist |
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| the blending that takes place when different religions come into contact |
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| the doctrine that there are spirits in everything |
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| the position that no deities exist |
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| people who are strict about their religios doctrines and ethics and take a literal interpretation of scriptures |
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| Attempt to use philosophy and rational elaboration in order to explain or argue religious doctrine |
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| Father,creator god has withdrawn from active intervention in the world |
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| stone monument centers for rituals |
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| Ritual offering of something to deity, human sacrafice practiced by some reigions |
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| Medicine man figure prominent in religion of tribal cultures |
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| Something forbidden for ordinary use |
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| Puberty rite of American Indians, Young man is sent into the wilderness for communication with spirits |
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| of religion of civilizations arising between Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
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| Macedonia conqueror, spreading greek culture to the middle east, bringing in Hellenistic era around 300 B.C.E |
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| A deity having human form |
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| Greek Olympian deity representing reason, moderation |
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| 384-322 B.C.E Greek philosopher,emphasized reason,observation,moderation,influenced |
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| Catholic name, Averroes(muslim), and Maimonides(jewish) |
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| period of great religious and philosophical speculation, 600 B.C.E-200 C.E |
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| Deities representing powers of the earth(Greek) |
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| Mother goddess from asia minor, popular in rome in the early common era, self castration ritual |
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| Greek philosophy offshoot of sacrates, reject all social convention, ascetiasm, members were hermits |
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| Greek philosophy offshoot of socrates,reject all social convention,pursue pleasure |
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| 460-370 B.C.E-Greek philosopher "atoms are the material from which everything is made", no afterlife, Hedonistic |
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| Greek god of wine and ecstatic rites,son of zeus, his mystery cult involved devouring live animals |
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| Attempting to foretell the future through various rituals |
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| Greek monistic philosophers who denied the existence of change |
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| Greek,Hellenestic cult,mother-daughter goddesses, secret initiation rituals |
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| Greek philosophy materialist,Hedonist,"we free man from fear of death and religion" |
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| Fertility goddess prevalant in Hellenistic times |
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| Greek culture in the time after Alexander(300B.C.E) |
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| 6-5th century B.C.E. Greek philosopher "all is flame,change" attacked popular religion as superstition |
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| Egyptian and Hellenistic mother goddess,theistic,answered prayer |
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| Iranian son god who became an important cult among Roman soldiers, secret rituals, bull sacrafice |
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| "all reality is of a single thing" |
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| Ancient greek pantheon which included Anthropomorphic deities such as zeus |
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| Greek shrines for divination |
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| 6th century B.C.E . Ancient Greek mystery cult,emphasized afterlife,vegetarianism,asceticism,secret rituals,music |
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| Egyptian and Hellenistic god, dying and rising, judge of the dead |
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| A structured relationship between polytheistic deities |
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| 429-347 B.C.E, Greek philosopher "the physical world is but a physical manifestation of Ideal forms", Dualist,reincarnation,Ideal controlled society |
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| 570-500 B.C.E-Greek mathamatician and cult leader, reincarnation,vegetarianism, and secret rituals, ascetic |
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| 470-399 B.C.E-Greek philosopher, executed for allegedly challenging traditional religion |
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| Head deity of thunderbolt in greek pantheon, known as jupiter in rome, anthropomorphic |
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