Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caodaism, Tenrikyo, Zoroastrianism
12 Feb 2018
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Theism: belief in the one or more divine beings. Polytheism: the belief in a plurality of gods. Monotheism: a belief that there exists only one divine being. Atheism: a critical stance toward divinity; belief that gods do not exist. Agnosticism: the view that there is insufficient evidence to posit either the existence or nonexistence of god and of the immortal soul; agnosticism functions as an intellectual mid-position between theism and atheism. Transcendence: a condition attributed to divinity as beyond the limitations characterizing creatureliness and as beyond comprehension by any created mind. Condition or state of being that surpasses, and is independent of, physical existence. Self-transcendence: moving beyond a prior form of state of oneself. Fear or awe that one feels in the presence of a spirit or god. Ritual: focus on orthopraxy (right actions, practice) rather than orthodoxy (right beliefs) Protestant reformation: 16th century; reformers tended to use religion to mean piety.
