The Religious Impulse

Grade 11 world Religions introductory unit 1

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1.	Any one of the numerous ceremonial events existing in all historically known societies that marks the passage of an individual from one social or religious status to another.
5.	A pagan nature religion having roots in pre-Christian western Europe.
6.	The policy or practice by whch a nation maintains or extends its political and economic control over foreign dependencies.
7.	The birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity.
11.	A type of guardian angel or spirit, usually represented in the form of an animal or plant, who caies important mystical, social and ritualistic associations for people. A totem usually guides, teaches, or protects its followers.
17.	The study of religion, especially religions with a belief in God.
20.	A person who believes that evolution explains the origin of the species.
21.	A religious leader who calls upon the supernatural in order to treat disease. They may also intercede with the supernatural at the request of an individual.
24.	The ruler and spiritual leader of Tibet. Translated it means Teacher of the great ocean.
25.	The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or an animal.
28.	A positive attitude toward the existence of many faiths in one society.
30.	A broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture, particularily in relation to spirituality, mysticism, holism, etc.
35.	A person through whom a deity is believed to speak.
38.	Devoted to religion.
39.	A person who doubts that humankind can know he existence of a possible god and the possible existence of anything beyond this life.
41.	Of many faiths.
42.	The religious belief that natural objects, natural phenomena and the universe itself posessess souls with consciousness.
43.	An early form of human being who lived in Eueope during the ice age.
44.	The art or practice of predicting the future especially by using signs or omens.
46.	An adherent of humanism including an outlook or system of thought that views humankind, rather than spirituality or religion, as the source of all value or meaning.
47.	A person holding religious beliefs other than those of any of the other main religions of the world. In the past this term was sometimes used by Christians to describe non-Christian faiths.
48.	A societal arrangement in which men live with more than one wife at the same time.
49.	The supreme spirit of evil in Jewish and Christian belief.
50.	From Roman mythology, the ancestral gods of the underworld with whom the living join after death.

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2.	The belief that one can influence others by natural means, such as by piercing a doll that looks like, or analogizes, the intended.
3.	The result whereby differing societies become nearly identical with one another because the larger or more dominant society absorbs the culture, identity, religion and ethnicity of the smaller society.
4.	A set of playing cards used in fortune telling that depicts vices, virtues and elemental forces.
8.	Actions or practices forbidden by one's society or religion.
9.	Any of a variety of religious beliefs and practices concerned with the spirits of dead persons regarded as relatives.
10.	Concerned with sacred or religious things and related to the human spirit or soul.
12.	The first five books the the Hebrew Bible.
13.	A mark, character, or other object that serves to represent an idea, process, or function.
14.	The universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves.
15.	Connected with religion.
16.	The art or practice that seeks to fortell future events or discover hidden knowledge, usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers.
18.	A societal arrangement in which women live with more than one husband at the same time.
19.	The psychic force that eminates from a person or object inhabited by a spirit or life force.
22.	A city in Saudi Arabia, it is the most important Muslim pilgimage site.
23.	The journey to seek spiritual guidance undertaken as a rite of passage by some Native American cultures.
26.	A Jewish place of worship.
27.	A philosophy or a set of beliefs.
29.	A spiritual cleansing ritual performed by members of Aboriginal religions.
31.	A person who holds that no god exists.
32.	A system of morals or rules for human conduct.
33.	The feeling shared by a specific group for a particular territory with a political and social structure.
34.	Of, or pertaining to, the local region or area.
36.	Concerned with or belonging to the material world.
37.	A societal arrangement in which the group goes outside its membership for suitable marriage candidates.
40.	A prescribed religious procedure or performance.
45.	The "Three Wise Men" who attended the birth of Jesus Christ. It is believed that they may have been Zoroastrian priests.

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