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Animism

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Animism is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

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Autonomous religion

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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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Cosmogony

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the branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system

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Denomination

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A branch of autonomous Christian religion

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Ethnic religion

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Religion not spreading

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Fundamentalism

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a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture

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Ghetto

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put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated area or group.

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Hierarchical religion

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Religion with a top leader (Pope)

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Inhumation

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the action or practice of burying the dead; the fact of being buried

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Interfaith boundary

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Boundaries around the worlds biggest religions

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Intrafaith boundary

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Boundary within major religion

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Monotheism

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only one god that created the world

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Pilgramige

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Movement to another place

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Polytheism

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Multiple gods

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Religion

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Ways of belief

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Sacred space

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Places that people pray and worship

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Sect

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a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

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Secularism

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state is the religion

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Shaminism

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Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world

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Syncretism

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Blending beliefs

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Tribal religion

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Many Indians belonging to these populations adhere to traditional Indian tribal religions, often syncretised with one or more of the major religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and/or Christianity and often under ongoing pressure of cultural assimilation

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Universalizing religion

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Religion growing

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Zionism

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Jewish people retiring to Homeland. (Jerusalem)