Week 2 Reading- the lexicon

Question 1

scripture

Answer 1

any text(s) considered sacred in a
religious tradition

Question 2

canon

Answer 2

authoritative list of texts that count as
scripture

Question 3

cult

Answer 3

any religious group that holds views and/or participates in practices considered by the speaker as aberrant or sinister

Question 4

cult (alt)

Answer 4

rituals associated with a particular religious figure (such as a god) and/or a particular location

Question 5

henotheism

Answer 5

the belief that, while there is more than one god,
there is only one ultimate or highest god

Question 6

orthos

Answer 6

correct

Question 7

doxa

Answer 7

belief

Question 8

praxis

Answer 8

conduct/behavior

Question 9

orthodoxy

Answer 9

right belief

Question 10

orthopraxis

Answer 10

right conduct

Question 11

synonyms

Answer 11

philosophy and theology

Question 12

sacred

Answer 12

means holy and is any thing (e.g. place,
word, text, person) requiring special attention or subject to restrictions or taboos

Question 13

profane

Answer 13

“common”; opposite of sacred

Question 14

sacrifice

Answer 14

destruction or use of a material possessions or living being to interact in some way with a deity or other object of worship