Religious Concepts and Beliefs

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Agnosticism

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The belief that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven empirically.

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Utopian settlement

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A community built around an ideal way of life, often based on a religion.

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Animism

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The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

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Secular

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Attitudes or activities that have no religious or spiritual basis.

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Atheism

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The belief that God does not exist.

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Syncretic

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Combining several religious traditions.

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Denomination

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A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body.

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Universalizing religion

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A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.

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Ethnic religion

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A 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 concentrated.

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Caste

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The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned, according to religious law.