Religious Terms

Question 1

monotheistic

Answer 1

belief in one god

ex - christianity, judaism, islam

Question 2

polytheistic

Answer 2

the belief in multiple gods.

ex - ancient greek & roman religion

Question 3

monistic

Answer 3

falls between monotheistic and polytheistic (all is one, one is all, all is god)
ex - hinduism

Question 4

animism

Answer 4

belief that everything in the world is alive.

ex - northern american indigenous spirituality

Question 5

atheist

Answer 5

someone who believes there is no god.

Question 6

agnostic

Answer 6

someone who believes you cannot prove the existence of god.

Question 7

nones

Answer 7

people who have no religious affiliation.

Question 8

adherant

Answer 8

someone who follows a religion.

Question 9

credo

Answer 9

a system of principles that guide a guide a person or group.

Question 10

ethics

Answer 10

morality, what’s right and wrong.

Question 11

evolutionary

Answer 11

how things change over time

Question 12

humanist

Answer 12

someone who wants the best for human kind.

Question 13

multi-faith

Answer 13

to feel affiliation to more than one religion. taking principles from other religions.

Question 14

religious

Answer 14

someone who feels connected to a god.

Question 15

religious impulse

Answer 15

the universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves.

Question 16

religious pluralism

Answer 16

an attitude regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society.

Question 17

ritual

Answer 17

ceremony or action performed in a customary way.

Question 18

sacred

Answer 18

holy, devoted to a religious ceremony.

Question 19

secular

Answer 19

something not religious

Question 20

soul

Answer 20

essence of a human being

Question 21

spiritual

Answer 21

something affecting the spirit or soul.

Question 22

symbol

Answer 22

a picture that represents something

Question 23

theology

Answer 23

the study of religion.