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fatalism: belief that one’s fate is pre-determined or pre-destined and humans are powerless to change their fate.

feminism: primarily social and intellectual movement that strives for equality of the sexes, typically through the removal of women’s oppression.

fieldwork: term generally used to indicate work conducted away from one’s home-base; for anthropologists, this usually involves the method of participant observation.

functionalism: theoretical approach in the social sciences which is centered on revealing the interdependent roles played by facets within a society or culture and how these operate (i.e., their function) in maintaining the character of the whole.

fundamentalism: religious orientation grounded in an attempt to return to fundamental or core beliefs and practices in a tradition; often associated with rigid, literal, and narrow interpretations based on readings of primary scriptures.

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TO THE STUDY

AND TEACHING OF RELIGION

  1. (C)Hillary Rodrigues and John S. Harding 2008; Courtesy Routledge

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