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8843388148BhaktiHindu devotional movement that flourished int he early modern era, emphasizing music, dance, poetry, and rituals as means by which to achieve direct union with the divine0
8843388149Catholic Counter-ReformationAn internal reform of the Catholic Church in the 16th century, thanks especially to the work of the Council of Trent (1545-1563), Catholic leaders clarified doctrine, corrected abuses and corruption, and put a new emphasis on education and accountability1
8843388150Condorcet and the idea of progressThe Marquis of Condorcet (1743-1794) was a French philosopher and political scientist who argue that human affairs were moving into an era of near-infinite improvability with slavery, racism, tyranny, and other human trials swept away by the triumph of reason.2
8843388151Nicolaus CopernicusPolish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543) who was the first to argue for the existence of a heliocentric cosmos.3
8843388152Council of TrentThe main instrument of the Catholic Counter-Reformation (1454-1563) at which the Catholic Church clarified doctrine and corrected abuses.4
8843388153Charles DarwinHighly influential English biologist continues to be seen by many as a threat to revealed religious truth.5
8843388154DeismBelief in a divine being who created the cosmos but who does not intervene directly in human affairs.6
8843388155Edict of Nantes1598 edict issued by French king Henry IV that granted considerable religious toleration to French Protestants and ended the French Wars of Religion7
8843388156European EnlightenmentEuropean intellectual movement of the 18th century that applied the lessons of the scientific revolution to human affairs and was noted for its commitment to open-mindedness and inquiry and the belief that knowledge could transform human society.8
8843388157Sigmund FreudAustrian doctor and the father of modern psychoanalysis (1856-1939); his theories about the operation of the human mind and emotions remains influential today.9
8843388158Galileo GalileiItalian astronomer (1564-1642) who further developed the ideas of Copernicus and whose work was eventually suppressed by the Catholic Church10
8843388159HuacasLocal gods of the Andes11
8843388160HuguenotsThe Protestant minority in France12
8843388161Jesuits in ChinaSeries of Jesuit missionaries in the late 16th and 17th centuries who, inspired by the work of Matteo Ricci, made extraordinary efforts to understand and become a part of Chinese culture in their efforts to convert the Chinese elite, although with limited success13
8843388162KaozhengLiterally, "research based on evidence"; Chinese intellectual movement whose practitioners emphasized the importance of evidence and analysis, applied especially to historical documents14
8843388163Martin LutherGerman priest and theologian (1483-1546) who inaugurated the Protestant Reformation movement in Europe15
8843388164Karl MarxGerman philosopher (1818-1883) whose view of human history as a class struggle formed the basis of socialism16
8843388165MirabaiOne of India's most beloved bhakti poets (1498-1546), she helped break down the barriers of caste and tradition.17
8843388166Guru NanakThe founder of Sikhism (1469-1539)18
8843388167Isaac NewtonEnglish natural scientist (1643-1727) whose formulation of the laws of motion and mechanics is regarded as the culmination of the Scientific Revolution19
8843388168Ninety-five ThesesList of ninety-five debating points about the abuses of the church, posted by Martin Luther on the door of a church in Wittenberg in 1517; the Church's strong reaction eventually drove Luther to separate from Catholic Christianity.20
8843388169Protestant ReformationMassive schism within Christianity that had its formal beginning in 1517 with the German priest Martin Luther; while the leaders of the movement claimed that they sought to "reform" a Church that had fallen from biblical practice, in reality the movement was radically innovative in its challenge to Church authority and its endorsement of salvation "by faith alone"21
8843388170Matteo RicciThe most famous Jesuit missionary in China in the early modern period; active in China from 1582-161022
8843388171Scientific RevolutionGreat European intellectual and cultural transformation that was based on the principles of the scientific method.23
8843388172SikhismReligious tradition of northern India founded by Guru Nanak ca. 1500, combines elements of Hinduism and Islam and proclaims the brotherhood of all humans and the equality of men and women24
8843388173Society of JesusAKA Jesuits; The Catholic religious society was founded to encourage the renewal of Catholicism through education and preaching; it soon became a leading Catholic missionary order beyond the boards of Europe.25
8843388174Taki OnqoyLiterally, "dancing sickness"; a religious revival movement in central Peru in the 1560s whose members preached the imminent destruction of Christianity and of the Europeans in favor of a renewed Andean golden age26
8843388175Thirty Years' WarHighly destructive war (1618-1648) that eventually included most of Europe; fought for the most part between Protestants and Catholics, the conflict ended with the Peace of Westphalia (1648)27
8843388176VoltairePen name of the French philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) whose work is often taken as a model of Enlightenment questioning of traditional values and attitudes; noted for his deism and his criticism of traditional religion28
8843388177Wahhabi IslamMajor Islamic movement led by the Muslim theologian Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) that advocated an austere lifestyle and strict adherence to the sharia.29
8843388178Wang YangminProminent Chinese philosopher (147201529) who argued that it was possible to achieve a virtuous life by introspection , without the extensive education of traditional Confucianism30

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