Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system, community, central myths, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences, material expression, and Sacredness The belief that all is divine is called pantheism __________________ argues that the existence of God cannot be proven. Agnosticism Anthropologist ___________ believed that religion was rooted in spirit worship. E. B. Tylor ___________ theorized that belief in a God or gods arises from the long-lasting impressions made on adults by their childhood experiences. Sigmund Freud Rudolf Otto argued that religions emerge when people experience that aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious; while ___________ believed that religion was a noble human response to the complexity and depth of reality. Carl Gustav Jung Religions express truth ___________. For example, water can represent spiritual cleansing; the sun, health; a mountain, strength; and a circle, eternity. Symbolically In early religions, the most significant female deity was particularly associated with ___________ and motherhood and has been known by many names, such as Asherah, Aphrodite, and Freia. Fertility When we look at the world's dominant religions, we see three basic orientations in their conceptions and location of the sacred: sacramental, prophetic, and ___________. Mystical As an academic discipline, the field of religious studies is now more than ___________ years old. 200