Vocabulary Flashcards
Polytheism
Belief in more than one god
Monotheism
Belief in one god
Pantheism
Belief that the divine reality exists in everything
Nontheism
Belief that there is no relevant god
Ritual
formal worship practice often based off of a myth
Revelation
Ultimate reality revealed
cosmology
The understanding of the natural universe
Nirvana
The final liberation
Transcendence
Overcoming of normal limitations of the human condition
Ethical
How to act in the world
Qur’an
Sacred book of Islam
Tradition
A primary mean’s for God’s revelation of Christ, beginning with the apostles and continuing in the present day through the Church
Religare
bind together
Religio
Primitive awe inspired by the unknown
Western
Occidental
Act of Revelation
Receiving a direct revelation from God
Linear time
Time that lines up and you cannot get to one thing without another
Eastern
Oriental
Cyclical time
Life circles around and you can get to another event if you leave one event out
