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