AP Human Geography- Unit 3, Part 2
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- fundamentalism
- Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect).
- secularism
- a rejection of or indifference to religion and religious practice
- monotheistic religions
- Also have priesthoods and notions of divine power, but all supernatural phenomena are manifestations of (or under the control of) a single eternal, omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent supreme being.
- theocracy
- a country governed by religious law
- pagan
- A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.
- religion
- is an important cultural value because it is the principal system of attitudes, beliefs, and practices through which people worship in a formal and organized way.
- diaspora
- People who have similar ethnic backgrounds but live in different regions
- hierarchical religions
- A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control
- ethnic religion
- a religion identified with a particular ethnic group and largely exclusive to it
- polytheistic religons
- religion in which there is a belief in many gods.
- adaptive strategy
- The unique way in which each culture uses it's particular physical environment; Those aspects of culture that serve to provide the necessities of life - Food, clothing, shelter, and defense
- contact conversion
- The Spread of Religious Beliefs by Personal Contact
- sacred spaces
- Places sacred to certain groups
- teleology
- the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes. • Theology: the doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.
- interfaith boundaries
- boundaries between the major religions
- traditional religions
- Special forms of ethnic religions distinguished by their small size, their unique identity with localized culture groups not yet fully absorbed into modern society, and their close ties to nature.
- intrafaith boundaries
- boundaries within a single major faith
- universalizing religions
- A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.
- ecotheology
- The Study of the influence of religious belief on habitat modification
- pilgrimages
- Religious journeys to the Holy Land.
- orthodox religions
- A strand within most major religions that emphasizes purity of faith and is not open to blending with other religions
- Proselytic religions
- Referred to as a Universalizing Religion, which is an attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one culture or location. There are three religions that practice this they are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. To proselytize is to try to convert another person to your religion. This important to HG because these are three of the biggest religions in the world they are practiced all over the world.
- animism
- the belief that natural objects have souls that may exist apart from their material bodies.
- syncretic religions
- attempts to merge and analogise several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of religion, and thus assert an underlying unity allowing for an inclusive approach to other faiths
- Gaia hypothesis
- Life controls the environment for the continuation of life
- missionaries
- a group of persons sent by a church to carry on religious work, esp. evangelization in foreign lands, and often to establish schools, hospitals, etc.