Grade 11 World Religions Quiz 1 Vocabulary

Religion

Set of organized belief, practices, and systems. Belief and worship of a powerful force, personal God or supernatural deity

Theism

Greek: Theos(God)

Belief in a God

Atheism

Rejection of a belief system that has an existence of deities or in the supernatural

Agnosticism

Philosophical view: Impossible to know which (if any) religious beliefs are true

Monotheism

Belief in one supreme deity (Christianity, Islam, Judaism)

Polytheism

Belief in multiple Gods or Goddesses (Hinduism)

Pantheism

Belief that the entire universe is divine. Every part of the universe is part of the supernatural

Animism

Non-humans like plants, animals and nature contain spirits (kind of Buddhism)

Denomination

Subgroup within religion. Operates under a common name, traditions, and other activities.

Sect

Subgroup of a religious, political, or philosophical belief system. usually an offshoot of a larger group

Fundamentalism

Form of religion that upholds belief in a strict, literal, interpretation of scripture. (Hasidic Jews)

Secular

Attitudes or other things that don't involve religion or spiritual basis.

Secularism

Principle of separation of the state of religious institutes

Doctrine

Belief or set of beliefs taught by a religion, political party, or other groups.

Faith

Complete trust and confidence in someone or something.

Strong beliefs in the doctrines of religion. Spiritual conviction rather than proof or evidence

Doubt

Uncertainty, mistrust. May or may not be true. Unconvinced. Questioning religious beliefs or teachings.

Anthropological view

Study concerned with humanity.

Anthropologist

unity, diversity of the human culture in society. done through observation, and comparison from global perspectives. Focus - Cultures of the past or present.

Sociological view

Study of social science. examining connections between social institutes and patterns of human behavior.

Historical view

Locating, examining, verifying, comparing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions from a variety of historical texts.

Theological view (Our goal)

1. The approach taken in this course is the theological approach.

2. It studies religious beliefs.

3. It studies religious practices.

4. It studies religious experiences.

5. Its goal is to understand what religion means to its believers and how it functions as a worldview.

Good Luck!