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Heirophany
the appearance of the holy
TERM 2
theophany
DEFINITION 2
the appearance of God
TERM 3
axis
mundi
DEFINITION 3
connects the 3 parts of the world
TERM 4
cosmology
DEFINITION 4
the 3 parts (the earth is the middle which opens connection
between this world and the divine.
TERM 5
imago
mundi
DEFINITION 5
replica of the cosmos
ontology
study of being
TERM 7
evangelium
DEFINITION 7
gospel, the good news
TERM 8
theocracy
DEFINITION 8
governing by religion/God
TERM 9
Patriarchy
DEFINITION 9
rule of the father or heirarchial male rule
TERM 10
feminist
DEFINITION 10
any person who believes in equal rights for women
Radical empiricist
existence is only know by sense, perception, and feeling,
NOT thought
TERM 17
Epistymology
DEFINITION 17
study of knowledge
TERM 18
Dialectical Materialism
DEFINITION 18
material needs motivate human beings and stimulate change
NOT ideas. Economics determines behavior.
TERM 19
Ideology
DEFINITION 19
a system of ideas with a class interest that serves to
maintain the status quo
TERM 20
Illusion
DEFINITION 20
people have to suffer on earth becaue it would be wrong to
fix it now, but it will be better after death/in heaven.
Alienation
isolated/divided
TERM 22
Aggressively Reductionist
DEFINITION 22
Marx reduces religion to the effects of "the material facts of
class struggle and alienation"
TERM 23
what are the 3 methods of studying religion
DEFINITION 23
normative-standard, what's accepted humanistic-
comparative/history of religion, study cultures, sui generis
social scientific
TERM 24
How is religion defined through
sociology?
DEFINITION 24
through human activity
TERM 25
How is religion defined through psychology
DEFINITION 25
through feelings, acts, and experiences
what constitutes the human according to
Feuerbach
reason, will, affection (love)
TERM 32
what are the seven practices of reconciliation
in Buddhism
DEFINITION 32
Face to face sitting, remembrance, covering mud with straw,
voluntary confession, decision of consensus, accepting the
verdict
