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Collective conscience
comprises the common sentiments and values that people share as a result of living together
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Profane
refers to the secular, everyday world
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Sacred
refers to the religous, transdecent world
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Totems
Items that symbolize the sacred
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Rituals
Practices designed to connecr people to the sacred
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Routinization of charisma
Weber's term for the transformation of the unique gift of divine enlightment into a permenant feature of everyday life
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Church
A beurocratic religious organization that has accomodated itself to mainstream society and culture
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Secularization Thesis
Theory that religous institutions, actions, and consciousness are on the decline worldwide
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Fundamentalists
People who interpret their scriptures literally, seek to establish a direct, personal relationship with the higher being(s) they worship, and are relatively intolerant of non fundamentalists
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Revises secularization theory
Theory that worldy institutions break off from the institution of religion over time.
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Ecclesia
State supported churches
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Denominations
various streams of belief and practice that some churches allow to co-exist under their overarching authority
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Sects
Groups that usually form by breaking away from churches because of disagreement about church doctrine LED by charismatic leaders
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Charismatic leaders
Religous leaders who claim to be inspired by supernatural powers and whose followers believe them to be inspired
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Cults
Small groups if people deeply commiteed to a religous vision that rejects mainstream culture and society
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Religiosity
Degree to which religion is important to people
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