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Appendix C

HUM 130 Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Define these terms in your own words.

This is something that taking place within the mind of the
1. Immanent
subject and having no effect outside of it
2. Religion
something one believes in and follows devotedly
3. Theistic
God Is the Only true and living God
4. Monotheistic
The belief that there is more then one god
Something that is not devoted that which is consider to be to
5. Profane
holy or religious
the teaching that there are more than one god or that there
6. Polytheistic
are many gods
7. Monistic
explanation of everything in terms of one principle.
8. Dogma
a settled way of thinking and of believing
Believing in the existence of God the creator with a shadow
9. Nontheistic
of doubt
10. Transcendent
Going way pass ones ordinary limits
11. Incarnations
Dying and coming back as a different form
12. Kensho

13. Atheism
The unbelief in the existence of God
The teaching of the uncertainty of all claims to
14. Agnosticism
ultimate knowledge.
15. Rituals
A pattern of behavior that practice on a daily basic
something used for or regarded as representing something
16. Symbols
else
17. Myths
A lie made out to be a truth
18. Orthodox
Traditional way of theaching

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19. Routinization of A prophetic teacher who attract other to false teaching by his
charisma personal magnetism
20. Absolutists
weather you believe it or not it is still true
21. Charisma
This is what draw what one has that draws others to them
22. Fundamentalism
the beliefs held by those in this movement.
23. Phenomenology
the study of phenomena
24. Liberal
favoring or permitting freedom of action
a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed
25. Mysticism
to transcend ordinary understanding
Anyone who does not conform to an established attitude,
26. Heretic
doctrine, or principle.
27. Sacred
Holding something as very precious
the spiritual part of humans dealing with the mind will and
28. Soul
emotions

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