Beliefs in Society - Key Terms

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Across
  1. 5. Religions based around the worship of many gods
  2. 6. Supporting things staying as they are
  3. 8. Belief in a saviour - maybe even a second coming?
  4. 9. Protestant group that Weber studied - great work ethic
  5. 12. Where a variety of religions coexist, all of which are considered to have equal validity
  6. 18. Regarded with awe and reverence
  7. 19. The return to traditional values and practices, usually involving literal translation of religious texts
  8. 21. The aim of converting others to your faith
  9. 22. Putting the interests of the individual before the interests of the state or social group
Down
  1. 1. Religions based around the worship of a singular god
  2. 2. Type of definition that focuses on what religion is
  3. 3. Religious practices of a socially approved minority who symbolically represent the religious adherence of the majority
  4. 4. a process whereby religion loses social significance
  5. 7. A view that only the viewpoint of the holder can be considered as true
  6. 10. Objects that are believed to have supernatural powers
  7. 11. Came up with most used definition for secularisation
  8. 12. Renewed interest and belief in religion - a religious revival
  9. 13. Postmodern idea that people consume religion in much the same way as any other product
  10. 14. Period associated with the 17th to 19th Centuries when reason became to be seen as a guiding principle
  11. 15. Ordinary, unreligious aspects of life
  12. 16. Type of definition that focuses on what religion does
  13. 17. Belief in ghosts or spirits
  14. 20. A "grand" explanation put forward by religion, science, politics and even sociology