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  1. The blending of cultures; mixing of spirituality
    Syncretism
  2. A systematic inquiring into the conditions and consequences of a concept in an attempt to understand its possibilities and limitations
    Critical Thinking
  3. Philosopher who came up with Critical vs. Dogmatic perspective
    Immanuel Kant
  4. Means that all is god
    Patheistic
  5. means many gods
    Polytheistic
  6. means to be still
    Static
  7. Means to be in submission
    Islam
  8. Means tradition
    Sunna
  9. A gathering of witches
    Coven
  10. The five questions of meaning are?
    • Where did i come from?
    • Where do i belong?
    • what is my purpose?
    • Why do i suffer?
    • what will happen when i die?
  11. What are the major patterns in the study of religion?
    • Worldview
    • community
    • myth/stories
    • ritual 
    • ethics 
    • emotional experience
    • symbols/material expression
    • sacredness
  12. what are the approaches to the study of religion?
    • Historic
    • substantive
    • comparative
    • experiential
  13. Means relationship with spirit and object
    Totem
  14. Means prohibition; things you can or cant do; rules
    Taboo
  15. Steps to Studying religions
    • 1. Acknowledge 
    • 2. observe
    • 3. Record
    • 4. Questions (research)
    • 5. Possibilities and problems'
    • 6. New Worldview
  16. Means valley of the red paint
    Wase Wakpa
  17. means Black hills
    Paha Sapa
  18. A story that is found in similar form in many religions
    Myth
  19. to argue that the existence of god cannot be proven
    Agnosticism
  20. Keltic Drummers
    Mummers
  21. Navaho Statue that represents Dine water god
    neinilli
  22. Submerged meeting hall used as the rights of passage for young boys; They would be left in these until elders retrieved them
    Kiva
  23. Number of tribes federally registered
    566
  24. Means all of my relations
    Mitakuye Oyasin
  25. The Sacred pipe
    Canupa
  26. Sweat lodge that is used for prayer or healing ceremonies
    Inipi
  27. The use and burning of sage to send prayers to the creator through the smoke is a
    Smudging ceremony
  28. A vision quest where one is sent to the hill to pray and cannot return until retrieved by the elders
    Hanblecha
  29. The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978
    AIRFA
  30. The seven sacred rights
    • Inipi - sweat lodge
    • Hanblecha - vision quest
    • wiwangwacipia - the sun dance
    • Hunkapi - the making of relatives 
    • Nangi Gluhapi - the keeping of the soul
    • Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan - Preparing a girl for womenhood
    • Tapa wankaye yapi - The throwing of the ball
    • yuwipi - Healing ceremony
  31. Generalized reference to a movement created by a particular small scale society / nation / community - direct connection to identity
    Indigenous
  32. Walking in balance is to be walking on the
    Red Road
  33. Custers last stand is also known as
    battle of greasy grass creak
  34. Approaches to studying religion
    • Archeology
    • Anthropology (study of humans)
    • Linguistics (languages)
    • Narrative study (study of how stories work)
  35. believing that all elements of nature are filled with spirits
    Animism
  36. belief that everything in the universe is divine
    Pantheism

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