Vocabulary Flashcards
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Polytheism
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Belief in more than one god
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god
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Pantheism
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Belief that the divine reality exists in everything
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Nontheism
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Belief that there is no relevant god
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Ritual
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formal worship practice often based off of a myth
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Revelation
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Ultimate reality revealed
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cosmology
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The understanding of the natural universe
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Nirvana
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The final liberation
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Transcendence
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Overcoming of normal limitations of the human condition
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Ethical
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How to act in the world
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Qur’an
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Sacred book of Islam
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Tradition
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A primary mean’s for God’s revelation of Christ, beginning with the apostles and continuing in the present day through the Church
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Religare
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bind together
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Religio
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Primitive awe inspired by the unknown
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Western
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Occidental
