Term:
religion
Definition:
an organized system of ideas about the
spiritual sphere or the supernatural
Term:
spirituality
Definition:
concern with the sacred, usually an
idividual organization
Term:
polytheism
Definition:
belief in several gods
Term:
pantheon
Definition:
collection of several gods and
goddesses of a ppl
Term:
animism
Definition:
belief that nature is animated
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Term:
animatism
Definition:
belief that nature is enlivened or
energized by an impersonal spirtitual
power
Term:
priest
Definition:
full time religious leader
Term:
shaman
Definition:
person who enters an altered state of
consciousness to contact the hidden
Term:
taboo
Definition:
a prohibition
Term:
rites of passage
Definition:
a ritual that makrs an important stage
in an individuals life cycle, such as
birth, marriage, etc.
Term:
rites of intensification
Definition:
a ritual that takes place during a crisis
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- Anthropology of religion
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