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Literally meaning "not God," holds that there is no God or gods. |
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The belief in one God is called . |
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is the position that God may or may not exist, but the existence of God really cannot be proven. |
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The belief that everything in the universe is divine is called . |
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The belief in many gods is called . |
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A power existing and operating within nature is said to be . |
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A power beyond or not limited by the physical world is said to be . |
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Other than the ordinary, the is sometimes expressed or experienced in certain objects, actions, or places. |
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A synonym for a belief system, a implies several beliefs fitting together into a fairly complete and systematic interpretation of the universe and humanity's place in it. |
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A is something fairly concrete and ordinary that can represent and help human beings intensely experience something of greater complexity. |
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A view is not asserting or denying the existence of any deity; unconcerned with the supernatural. |
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Austrian ethnographer and philologist argued that all humankind once believed in a single High God and that to this simple monotheism later beliefs in lesser gods and spirits were added. |
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Swiss psychoanalyst described religion as something that grew out of the individual's need to arrive at personal fulfillment, which he called individuation. |
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Scottish anthropologist and author of "The Golden Bough" saw the origins of religion in early attempts by human beings to influence nature and who identified religion as an intermediate stage between magic and science. |
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American psychologist viewed religion as positive way of fulfilling needs and praised its positive influence on the lives of individuals. |
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Nineteenth- and twentieth-century English anthropologist saw religion as being rooted in worship of ancestors and nature spirits. |
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German theologian argued in "The Idea of the Holy" that religions emerge when people experience that aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious. |
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is the belief that reality is made of two different principles (spirit and matter); or the belief in two gods (good and evil) in conflict. |
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A worldview common among indigenous religions, sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. |
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was the founder of psychoanalysis who theorized that belief in a God or gods arose from an adult's projection of powerful and long-lasting childhood experiences with his or her parents. |
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French sociologist argued that religious behavior is relative to the society in which it is found, and that a society will often use a religion to reinforce its own values. |
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The analytical approach of studies written texts of religion and even non-written material as reflections of the cultural values and assumptions that produced them. |
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Jacques Derrida sought to go beyond ordinary interpretations, in essence to texts and other phenomena in search of fresh ways of seeing. |
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