soc 100 ch 18

Durkheim's term for things set apart or forbidden, that inspire fear, awe, reverence, or deep respect

Durkheim's term for common elements of everyday life

according to Durkheim, beliefs and practices that sperate the profance from the sacred and unite its adherents into a moral community

according to Durkheim, one of the three essential elements of religion - a moral community of believers; also refers to a type of religious organization, to a large, highly organized group with formal, sedate worship services and little emphasis on personal conversation

questions about ultimate meaning, emotional comfort, social solidarity, guidelines for everday life, adaption, support for the Government, social change

ceremonies or repetitive practices; in this context, religious observances or rites, often intended to evoke a sense of awe of the sacred

teachings or ideas that provide a unified picture of the world

a sudden awareness of the supernatural or a feelings of coming in contact with God

a term describing Christians who have undergone a life-transforming religious experience so radical that they feel they have become new persons

the transformation of traditional societies into individual societies

Weber's term for the desire to acuulmulate capital as a duty - not to spend the money, but as an end in tself - and to constantly reinvest it

Weber's term to descrive the ideal of a self-denying, highly moral life accompanied by hard work and frugality

the belief that there is only one God

the belief that there are many gods

the belief that all objects in the world have spirits, some of which are dangerous and must be outwitted

prejudice, discrimination, and persecution directed against Jews

the belief that true religion is threatened by social change and that the faith as it was originally practiced should be restored

in Hinduism and Buddhism, the return of the soul (or itself) after death in a different form

a new religion with few followers, whose teachings and practices put it at oddes with the dominant culture and religion

literally, someone to whom God has given a gift; more commonly, someone who exerts extraordinary appeal to a group of followers

literally, an extraordinary gift from God; more commonly, an outstanding or "magnetic" personality that draws people to the individual

a religious group larger than a cult that still feels substantial hostility from and toward society

an attempt to win converts

a religious group so integrated into the dominant culture that it is difficult to tell where the one begins and the other leaves off; also called a state religion

a "brand name" within a major religion, for example, Methodist ro Baptist

belonging to the world and its affairs

the replacement of a religion's spiritual or "other worldly" concerns with concerns about "this world"

the process by which a culture becomes less influenced by religion