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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 adeity |
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| the position (belief) that only one Deity exists |
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| the position(belief)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(belief)that no deities exist |
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| people who are strict about their religious doctrine 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| father, creator god has withdrawn from active intervention in the world |
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| use of ritual to manipulate spirits or natural phenomena |
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| stone monument centers for rituals |
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| ritual offering of something to deity; human sacrifice practiced by some religions |
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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 wilderness for communion with spirits |
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| a region of civilizations arising between Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
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| Macedonian conqueror, spreading Greek culture to 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), 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 Socrates; reject all social conventions; asceticism, 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 pilosopher "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, Hellenistic cult; mother-daughter goddesses; secret initiation rites |
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| Greek philosophy, materialist, hedonist; "We free man from fear of death and religion" |
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| fertility goddess prevalent in Hellenistic times |
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| Greek culture in the time after Alexander (300 B.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 sacrifice |
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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 mathematician 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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