Chapter 1

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Why does religion exist?
To cope with the inevitable (death)
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What did E. B. Taylor believe religion was rooted in?
Spirit worship
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What did James Frazer believe in regards to religion? (animism)
Nature itself is holy
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What did Sigmund Freud believe in regards to religion?
Religion is a projection of childhood experiences
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What did William James believe in regards to religion?
Religion brings meaning and vitality
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What did Rudolf Otto believe in regards to religion?
Sense of the holy
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What did Carl Gustav Jung believe in regards to religion?
Religion helps personal development
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What did Wilhelm Schmidt believe in regards to religion?
Monotheism
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What term refers to the notion that an individual believes in a sole God?
Monotheism
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What term denotes the worship of multiple deities?
Polytheism
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What term refers to the physical realm as sacred itself?
Pantheism
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What does the word religion mean based on its prefixes and root words?
To connect again (to the spirit realm)
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What common element is found in religion?
Feelings of wonder
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What term denotes the denial in God’s existence as it pertains to belief systems?
Atheism
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What term denotes the belief in the inability to prove the existence of a God?
Agnosticism
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What term refers to the distinction between the sacred and the ordinary?
Sacredness
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What term defines the geometric figure that illustrates the path to individuation, commonly used in Buddhist/Hindu faith?
Mandala
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The prophetic orientation within religion emphasizes what?
Belief and morality
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The sacramental orientation within religion emphasizes what?
Ritual
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The mystical orientation within religion emphasizes what?
Sense of oneness with God
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What does Anthropology usually study religion as?
Cultural exchange and interaction
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What religion is the prophetic orientation particularly strong in?
Protestant Christianity
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Name an early female deity
Astarte
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What does the word myth refer to in religious studies?
True or untrue
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What does the word philosophy mean?
Love of wisdom
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Name the French painter responsible for the work “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?”
Paul Gauguin
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What does religion exist for?
Coping the inevitable
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What does Psychology mean?
Study of the mind
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What kind of female imagery can be seen in religion? (Eggs)
Fertility
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