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Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion (continued) Religious Organizations Religion in the U.S. Major Religions in the U.S. Boundless.com/sociology?campaign_content=book_5889 _chapter_18&campaign_term=Sociology&utm_campaign= powerpoint&utm_medium=direct&utm_source=boundless Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion > The Nature of Religion The Nature of Religion • The Nature of Religion • The Elements of Religion Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology?campaign_content=book_5889_chapter_18&campaign_term=Sociology&utm_campaign=powerpoint&utm_mediu m=direct&utm_source=boundless Religion > The Nature of Religion The Nature of Religion • The sociologist Emile Durkheim defined religion as a "unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things. " By sacred things he meant things "set apart and forbidden — beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them". • The development of religion has taken different forms in different cultures. Some religions emphasize belief while others emphasize practice. Some religions focus on subjective experience of the religious individual while others consider activities of the religious community to be most important. • Social constructionism says that religion is a modern concept that suggests all spiritual practice and worship follows a model similar to the Abrahamic religions Sacred Buddhist Ritual in Nepal View on Boundless.com and thus religion, as a concept, has been applied inappropriately to non-Western cultures. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Many also consider this too broad a definition. • A third social scientific perspective views religion as the collective beliefs and Religious Symbols View on Boundless.com rituals of a group relating to the supernatural. Though not without criticisms, this categorization most closely adheres to the traditional and popular view of what constitutes a religion. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/alternative-to-sociology-a-down-to-earth-approach-11th-james-m-henslin-02050965499780205096541/religion-18/the-nature-of-religion-121/the-elements-of-religion-684- Religion > Types of Religions Types of Religions • Magic and Supernaturalism • Animism • Theism and Monotheism • Abstract Ideals Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Hard polytheism recognizes multiple gods as being distinct and separate beings, while soft polytheism views Muslim woman in tradition attire View on Boundless.com multiple gods as being connected under the umbrella of a greater whole. • Panentheism is the belief that the universe is a part of a deity, but that the deity is greater than the universe. • Polytheism is the belief that multiple gods exist, but do not intervene with the universe. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/alternative-to-sociology-a-down-to-earth-approach-11th-james-m-henslin-02050965499780205096541/religion-18/types-of-religions-122/theism-and-monotheism-687- Religion > Types of Religions • Monolatrism refers to the belief that there may be more than one deity, but that only one is worthy of being worshiped. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Alongside the personal dimensions of worship and reverence, rituals can have a more basic social functions in expressing, fixing, and reinforcing the shared values and Devotees tie red crimson threads on making a wish fulfilled. View on Boundless.com beliefs of a society. • Many animal species use ritualized actions to court or to greet each other or to fight. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/alternative-to-sociology-a-down-to-earth-approach-11th-james-m-henslin-02050965499780205096541/religion-18/the-symbolic-interactionist-perspective-125/rituals-694- Religion > The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Beliefs • Religious adherents often distinguish religious belief from superstition. The term superstition refers to what are seen as excessive or false religious behaviors as opposed to proper or accepted religious standards. • People with pluralist beliefs make no distinction between faith systems, viewing each one as valid within a particular culture. • People with syncretistic views blend the views of a variety of different religions or traditional beliefs into a unique fusion which suits their particular experience and context. • People with exclusivist beliefs typically explain other religions as either in error, or as corruptions or counterfeits of the true faith. In monotheistic faiths, references to Praying Hands View on Boundless.com God are used in constructs such as "God's Chosen People". • People with inclusivist beliefs recognize some truth in all faith systems, highlighting agreements and minimizing differences, but see their own faith as in some way ultimate. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Catholic Religious Experience View on Boundless.com • In the mystical experience, all otherness disappears and the believer becomes one with the transcendent. The believer discovers that he or she is not distinct from other objects, other people, the cosmos, the deity, but part of an interconnected whole. • The term spiritual awakening can refer to any of a wide range of experiences, including being born again, having a near-death experience, or achieving mystical liberation or enlightenment. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/alternative-to-sociology-a-down-to-earth-approach-11th-james-m-henslin-02050965499780205096541/religion-18/the-symbolic-interactionist-perspective-125/religious-experience-696- Religion > Religious Organizations Religious Organizations • Cult • Sect • The Christian Church • The Ecclesia • Religious Denominations Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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A sect may also have members who choose to leave later, Church-sect continuum View on Boundless.com whereas a cult uses any means necessary to keep its members, including coercion. • Sectarianism is sometimes defined in the sociology of religion as a worldview that emphasizes the unique legitimacy of believers' creed and practices and that heightens tension with society. • Sectarian violence refers to violence inspired by sectarianism. Some of the possible inputs for sectarian violence include power struggles, political climate, social climate, cultural climate, and economic landscape. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Mount Pleasant View on Boundless.com • Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. Members of the Churches of Christ believe that Jesus founded only one church, that the current divisions between Christians are not God's will, and that the only basis for restoring Christian unity is the Bible. • Protestants believe that the Church, as described in the Bible, has a twofold character that can be described as the visible and invisible church. The invisible church consists of all those from every time and place who are vitally united to Christ through regeneration and salvation and who will be eternally united to Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Jesus Christ in eternal life. 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It began after many African Americans became dissatisfied with their treatment in white churches, and disappointed by their fellow believers' disinterest in abolishing slavery. • The Federal Council of Churches, founded in 1908, marked the first major expression of a growing, modern ecumenical movement among Christians in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. View on Boundless.com United States. • The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States represented, in the 1950s, an extension and expansion of the Federal Council of Churches, the International Council of Religious Education, and several other interchurch ministries. • Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was but one of many notable black ministers involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Several organizations were Masjid Malcolm Shabazz Mosque View on Boundless.com formed by the American Muslim community to serve as 'critical consultants' on U.S. policy regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. • Mosques are places of worship for Islamic religions. • In the United States there exist a number of different traditions. As in the rest of the world, the Sunni Muslims are in the majority. Shia Muslims, especially those in the Iranian immigrant community, are also active in community affairs. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Religion versus GDP per Capita View on Boundless.com • Surveys by Gallup, the National Opinion Research Center and the Pew Organization conclude that spiritually committed people are twice as likely to report being "very happy" than the least religiously committed people. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/alternative-to-sociology-a-down-to-earth-approach-11th-james-m-henslin-02050965499780205096541/religion-18/major-religions-in-the-u-s-128/social-correlates-of-religion-712- Religion > Major Religions in the U.S. Affiliation • The U.S. is a very religiously diverse country. People who identify as Christians in the U.S. encompass the majority of the population, although there are a wide variety of denominations that have developed since the introduction of Christianity in colonial times. • Unaffiliated beliefs, including atheism and agnosticism, are the second largest group. Judaism is the third largest group, and Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other beliefs are less than one percent of the population. • According to recent surveys, 83% of Americans identify with a religious denomination. A majority of Americans report that religion plays a "very important" role in their lives, a proportion unique among developed nations. Salt Lake Temple, Utah View on Boundless.com • The First Amendment guarantees the free exercise of religion while also preventing the government from establishing a state religion. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/alternative-to-sociology-a-down-to-earth-approach-11th-james-m-henslin-02050965499780205096541/religion-18/major-religions-in-the-u-s-128/affiliation-713- Appendix Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Key terms • Age of Enlightenment A period of time ranging from part of the 17th Century through much of the 18th Century, characterized particularly by the importance of logic and reason. • agnostic Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity. • agnosticism The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable. • American Islam From the 1880s to 1914, several thousand Muslims immigrated to the United States from the Ottoman Empire and from parts of South Asia; they did not form distinctive settlements, and probably mostly assimilated into the wider society. • animism A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena. • apostate A person who has renounced a religion or faith. • assembly A legislative body; e.g., the General Assembly of the United Nations. • belief system The basis of a set of beliefs • bourgeoisie The capitalist class. • church a Christian religious institution or building • Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for legal equality that occured between approximately 1950 and 1980. • comparative religion Comparative religion compares the doctrines and practices of the worlds religions. 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion • creed That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to. • cult A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members. • deity A preternatural or supernatural human or non-human being or entity, or an object that possesses miraculous or supernatural attributes, powers or superpowers (e.g. a god or goddess). • denomination A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. • denomination A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. • denominationalism The division of one religion into separate groups, sects, schools of thought, or denominations. • divine eternal, holy, or otherwise supernatural. • ecclesia The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building. • ecclesial community An ecclesial community is, in Roman Catholic terminology, a Christian religious group that does not meet the Roman Catholic definition of a "Church". • ecstasy a trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation • ecumenism Ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation. • ecumenism Ecumenism mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation. 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The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. • freedom of religion The right of citizens to hold any religious or non-religious beliefs, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs, so long as they do not interfere with another person's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution. • hierarchy Any group of objects ranked so that everyone but the topmost is subordinate to a specified group above it. • interfaith dialogue The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e., "faiths") or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is distinct from syncretism or alternative religion; this dialogue often promotes understanding between different religions to increase acceptance of others, rather than attempting to synthesize new beliefs. • interfaith dialogue The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e., "faiths") or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is distinct from syncretism or alternative religion; this dialogue often promotes understanding between different religions to increase acceptance of others, rather than attempting to synthesize new beliefs. • interfaith dialogue The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e., "faiths") or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is distinct from syncretism or alternative religion; this dialogue often promotes understanding between different religions to increase acceptance of others, rather than attempting to synthesize new beliefs. • Invisible Church The invisible church or church invisible is a theological concept of an "invisible" body of the elect who are known only to God, in contrast to the "visible church"—that is, the institutional body on earth which preaches the gospel and administers the sacraments. • Judaism A world religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle-East, as documented in religious writings known as the Torah or Old Testament. • Mainline Protestantism Mainline Protestant (also sometimes called "mainstream American Protestant") are certain Protestant churches in the United States that comprised a majority of Americans from the colonial era until the early 20th century. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com • mana A form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. Religion • mosque A place of worship for Muslims, corresponding to a church or synagogue in other religions, often having at least one minaret; a masjid. • Muslim A person who is a follower and believer of the Islamic faith. • mystical experience In the mystical experience, all otherness'disappears and the believer becomes one with the transcendent. The believer discovers that he or she is not distinct from the cosmos, the deity, or the other reality, but one with all of these, as part of an interconnected whole. • Nation of Islam A religious and political organization with the declared aim of "resurrecting" the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the black people of America and the world. • National Council of the Churches of Christ The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (usually identified as National Council of Churches or NCC) is an ecumenical partnership of 37 Christian faith groups in the United States. Its member denominations, churches, conventions, and archdioceses include Mainline Protestant, Orthodox, African American, Evangelical, and historic peace churches. • National Opinion Research Center NORC at the University of Chicago, established in 1941 as the National Opinion Research Center, is one of the largest and most highly respected social research organizations in the United States. • numinous experiences Numinous is is an English adjective describing the power or presence of a divinity. The numinous experience has both a quality of tremendum, which is the tendency to invoke fear and trembling, and a quality of fascinans, the tendency to attract, fascinate and compel. The numinous experience also has a personal quality to it, in that the person feels to be in communion with a wholly other. The numinous experience can lead in different cases to belief in deities, the supernatural, the sacred, the holy, and/or the transcendent. • Orthodox Christians The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian church in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Cyprus, all of which — except Bosnia — are majority Eastern Orthodox. It teaches that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles almost 2,000 years ago. • parish An administrative part of a diocese that has its own church; found in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Church and certain civil government entities. • particular church In Catholic canon law, a particular church is an ecclesial community headed by a bishop or someone equivalent to a bishop. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com • pluralist beliefs Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in Religion • profane Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular. • profane Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular. • proletariat the working class or lower class • Protestantism Protestantism is one of the major groupings within Christianity. It has been defined as "any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth. " More broadly, it means Christianity outside "of a Catholic or Eastern church. " • religiosity An index of how strongly religious a person is • Religious Organization Religious activities generally need some infrastructure to be conducted. For this reason, there generally exist religion-supporting organizations, which are some form of organization that manage the upkeep of places of worship, e.g. mosques, prayer rooms, other similar edifices or meeting places, and the payment of salaries to priests, ministers, or religious leaders. In addition, such organizations usually have other responsibilities, such as: the formation, nomination, or appointment of religious leaders, the establishment of a corpus of doctrine, the disciplining of priests or other people with respect to religious law, the determination of qualification for membership, etc. • religious pluralism The peaceful coexistence of multiple religions in a community. • ritual Rite; a repeated set of actions • Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with more than one billion members worldwide. • sacred Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service • sacred Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service • sectarian violence Sectarian violence or sectarian strife is violence inspired by sectarianism, that is, between different sects of one particular mode of ideology or religion within a nation or community. 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In such a case, the "actualization" of full personal potential takes place. • separation of church and state The separation of church and state is the distance in the relationship between organized religion and the nation state. • Sephardi a Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino • shaman A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds. • social cohesion The bonds or "glue" that maintain stability in society. • social control any control, either formal or informal, that is exerted by a group, especially by one's peers • social function Rituals may serve a social function in that they express, fix, and reinforce the shared values and beliefs of a society. • spirits The undying essence of a human. The soul. • state churches State churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination which are given official status or operated by a state. • state churches State churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination which are given official status or operated by a state. • status quo the current state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion • status quo the current state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs. • supernatural Above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by God or some force beyond that which humans are born with. In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature. • supernatural Above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by God or some force beyond that which humans are born with. In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature. • Supernatural Forces The supernatural is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature. • supernatural power The supernatural is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature. • supernaturalism A belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc. • superstition A belief, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way. • Universalism The theological belief that all souls can attain salvation. • well-being a state of health, happiness and/or prosperity Free to share, print, make copies and changes. 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Some controversial groups that may be mislabeled as cults include: A) the Peoples Temple and Heaven's Gate B) the Branch Davidians and the Manson Family C) Quakers and Pentecostals D) Scientology and the Hare Krishna Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Saylor OER. "Electives « Saylor.org – Free Online Courses Built by Professors." CC BY 3.0 http://www.saylor.org/majors/Electives/ Religion A sect: A) has generally grown so large that it needs new buildings and multiple leaders B) often believes it must split from the larger group to return to important fundamentals. C) All of the answers D) is another term for a cult. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion A sect: A) has generally grown so large that it needs new buildings and multiple leaders B) often believes it must split from the larger group to return to important fundamentals. 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Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Ecumenism refers to A) initiatives aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation. B) the lack of formal alliance with an established denomination. C) the division of one religion into separate groups, sects, or schools of thought. D) cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religions. Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Boundless - LO. "Boundless." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://www.boundless.com/ Religion Which of the following terms has been used to describe the relation between politics and religion? A) Religious diversity B) Social tolerance C) Civil religion D) Free religious affiliation Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Which of the following terms has been used to describe the relation between politics and religion? 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A) The U.S. Census asks about religious affiliation to compute the number of religions in the nation B) The largest religious denomination in the United States is Catholicism followed by Protestantism C) Muslims in the United States have a harder time assimilating than Muslims in continental Europe D) American Jews are identified based on their religious affiliation, not their cultural ethnicity Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Boundless - LO. "Boundless." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://www.boundless.com/ Religion Which of the following is the largest individual denomination in the United States? A) Evangelicalism B) Mainline Protestantism C) Islam D) Roman Catholicism Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Which of the following is the largest individual denomination in the United States? 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Where did most came from who arrived to the United States? A) Southern Europe B) Central Europe C) Eastern Europe D) Northern Europe Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Protestants account for half of all Christians in the United States. Where did most came from who arrived to the United States? A) Southern Europe B) Central Europe C) Eastern Europe D) Northern Europe Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Boundless - LO. "Boundless." CC BY-SA 3.0 http://www.boundless.com/ Religion Which of the following eras played the most significant role in the secularization of Western societies? A) The Industrial Revolution B) The Enlightenment C) The Cold War D) The Renaissance Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at www.boundless.com Religion Which of the following eras played the most significant role in the secularization of Western societies? 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