Aphg Chapter 6 Vocab

APHG Chapter 6 1. Universalizing worships- A religion that attempts to appeal to every last(predicate) people, not just those living in a particular location. 2. Branch- A large and fundamental sectionalization within a religion. 3. Denomination- A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a champion legal and administrative body. 4. Sect- A relatively small group that has Brocken apart from an established denomination. 5. Christianity- 6. Islam- 7. Buddhism- 8. Martin Luther- 9. Protestantism- 10.Ethnic religion- A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physiological characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated. 11. Monotheism- The doctrine or judgement of the existence of only one god. 12. Polytheism- Belief in or godliness of more than one god. 13. Animism- Belief that objects, such as plants or stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and publicquakes, kick in a discrete spirit and assured life. 14. Hinduism- 5. Hearth- The center at which something has originated. 16. Missionary- An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion. 17. Pagan- A confederate of a polytheistic religion in ancient times. 18. Ghetto- During the middle ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by jews now apply to denote a section of a city in which members of whatsoever minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure. 19. Pilgrimage- A voyage to a place considered sacred for ghostly purposes. 0. Cosmogony- A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. 21. Solstice- Astronomical event that happens twice a year, when the tilt of the earths axis is closely inclined toward or away from the cheerfulness causing the suns apparent position in the sky to reach it most northernmost or southernmost extreme , resulting in the shortest an longest eld of the year. 22. Sacred structures- 23. Church- 24. Mosque- 25. Temple- 26. Pagoda- 27. Cemetery- 28. Cremation- 29. Catacombs- 0. Utopian Settlement- 31. Autonomous religion- A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally. 32. Hierarchical religion- A religion in which a central authority exercises a high item of control. 33. Roman Catholic hierarchy- 34. Fundamentalism- Literal interpretation and strict inherence to prefatorial principles of a religion. 35. Caste- The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.