Chapter 6 World Religions

Large divisions of a religion

• Branches

• Trees

• Substandard

• Standings

Religions associated with a particular ethnic group

• Group Religion

• Universalizing Religion

• Ethnic religions

• World Religions

Belief in one god

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Multiple Gods

• Monopoly

Journey to a sacred place

• Mayflower

• Plymouth

• Treck

• Pilgrimage

Belief in many gods

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Theocracy

• Proselytizing

Seeking converts to a religion

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Theocracy

• Proselytizing

Belief in absolute authority of a religious text

• Ethnic Religion

• Secular

• Theocracy

• Religious fundamentalism

Places associated with a sense of the divine

• Sacred spaces

• Temple

• Mosque

• Synagogue

Violence between different sects of the same religion

• Universalizing Religion

• Sectarian violence

• Ethnic Religion

• Dividing Religion

Separation between state and religion

• Secular

• Divided

• Proselytizing

• Universalizing Religion