Definitions and Origins

Monotheism​

• belief in one God

• belief in many Gods

• belief in no God

• unsure whether God exists

Polytheism​

• belief in one God

• belief in many Gods

• belief in no God

• unsure whether God exists

Match the following terms with their correct definitions.

• Polytheism

• belief in no God

• Agnosticism

• unsure whether God exists

• Monotheism

• belief in many Gods

• Atheism

• belief in one God

People who are "unaffiliated" would be classified as which 2 terms?

• monotheist

• polytheist

• atheist

• agnostic

agnosticism is the belief that one is (a)   whether God exists.

• belief in one God
• belief in many Gods
• belief in no God
• unsure whether God exists

all living and non-living things have souls

• religion

• animism

• reincarnation

• dreams

Match the following terms with their correct definitions.

• The belief that the soul is reborn in a new body after death

• religion

• Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average

• reincarnation

• A set of beliefs and practices having to do with a God(s), which has a moral code

• animism

• The belief that all things in nature have a spirit

• great

The word that means (a)   is often used as a synonym for 'large'.

• religion
• animism
• reincarnation
• great

rebirth of the soul into another human, animal, or plant

• religion

• animism

• reincarnation

• great

Religion began because people were dreaming of dead ancestors.

• Magic Theory

• Freud

• Marx

• Nature-Worship Theory

• Animism Theory