| Term | Definition |
|---|
| atheism | The position that holds that there is no God or gods. |
| immanent | Divine exists within our world and nature. |
| monotheism | Belief on one God. |
| nontheism | A position unconcerned with the supernatural, not asserting or denying the existence of any deity. |
| pantheism | The belief that everything in the universe is divine. |
| polytheism | Belief in many gods. |
| transcendent | Divine is outside our physical world, beyond space and time. |
| agnosticism | The position that holds that the existence of God cannot be proven. |
| animism | A worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. |
| religion | To connect our ordinary world with the divine sphere. |
| myth | A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality |
| ritual | Repeated patterned religious acts |
| dogma | Systems of doctrines proclaimed as absolutly true. |
| ethics | Set of rules that determine what is right/wrong. |
| God | Devine, sacred reality |
| belief system | set of beliefs that make up a worldview about universe and human purpose |
| sacramental orientation | Focus of religious practices is on the ritual |
| prophetic orientation | Focus of religious practices is on the ethics |
| mystical orientation | Focus of religious practices is on the meditation |
| exclusive religion | religion that allows the belief in only one God |
| inclusive religion | religion that allows the belief in more that one belief system |
| linear time | time that has the beginning and end |
| cyclical time | time that repeats itself in cycles |
| psychology | discipline that studies human emotions and behaviors |
| theology | discipline that studies one religion in depth |
| anthropology | discipline that studies human society and relationships within community |
| philosophy | discipline that studies human knowledge obtained through reason |
| archeology | discipline that studies remains of the previous civilizations |
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