Religions

The blending of cultures; mixing of spirituality

A systematic inquiring into the conditions and consequences of a concept in an attempt to understand its possibilities and limitations

Philosopher who came up with Critical vs. Dogmatic perspective

Means that all is god

means many gods

means to be still

Means to be in submission

Means tradition

A gathering of witches

The five questions of meaning are?

What are the major patterns in the study of religion?

what are the approaches to the study of religion?

Means relationship with spirit and object

Means prohibition; things you can or cant do; rules

Steps to Studying religions

Means valley of the red paint

means Black hills

A story that is found in similar form in many religions

to argue that the existence of god cannot be proven

Keltic Drummers

Navaho Statue that represents Dine water god

Submerged meeting hall used as the rights of passage for young boys; They would be left in these until elders retrieved them

Number of tribes federally registered

Means all of my relations

The Sacred pipe

Sweat lodge that is used for prayer or healing ceremonies

The use and burning of sage to send prayers to the creator through the smoke is a

A vision quest where one is sent to the hill to pray and cannot return until retrieved by the elders

The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978

The seven sacred rights

Generalized reference to a movement created by a particular small scale society / nation / community - direct connection to identity

Walking in balance is to be walking on the

Custers last stand is also known as

Approaches to studying religion

believing that all elements of nature are filled with spirits

belief that everything in the universe is divine