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8452922490AgnosticismBelief that nothing can be known about whether God exists0
8452927861AnimismBelief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.1
8452944693AtheismBelief that God does not exist2
8452948585Autonomous religionA religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.3
8452969692BranchA large and fundamental division within a religion4
8452973990CasteThe class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law5
8452983898CosmogonyA set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe6
8452990703DenominationA division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body7
8453001621Ethnic religionA religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated8
8453024243FundamentalismLiteral interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (of religious branch, denomination, or sect)9
8453038549GhettoDuring the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live because of social, legal, or economic pressure.10
8453057788Hierarchical religionA religion in which a central authority exercise a high degree of control11
8453065964MissionaryAn individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion12
8453074332MonotheismThe doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one God13
8453082394PaganA follower of a polytheistic religion14
8453091960PilgrimageA journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes15
8453098769PolytheismBelief in or worship of more than one god16
8453107937SectA relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination17
8453116788SolsticeAn astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach it most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest longest days of the year18
8453150838SyncreticA religion that combines several traditions19
8453160032Universalizing religionA religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location20

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