APHG Chapter 6 Vocab

the belief that God does not exist

the belief that the existence of God can't be proven empirically

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

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

a local assembly of persons brought for common religious worship

a division of a branch that unties a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body

a large and fundamental division within a religion

combining several religious traditions

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

the doctrine of or belief in the existence of only one God