Glossary of Religious Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Religious Studies

Download Glossary of Religious Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Religious Studies in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Absolutist DEFINITION 1 Believing in One's Received traditions as completely and exclusively true TERM 2 Agnosticism DEFINITION 2 Belief that if there is anything beyond this life it is impossible for humans to know it TERM 3 Allegory DEFINITION 3 Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas TERM 4 Atheism DEFINITION 4 Belief there is no Deity TERM 5 Awakening DEFINITION 5 Full Awareness of invisible Reality TERM 6 Charisma DEFINITION 6 Magnetic attraction, a Quality often ascribed to Religious Leader TERM 7 Comparative Religion DEFINITION 7 A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions TERM 8 Creationism DEFINITION 8 Belief that all life was created by God TERM 9 Dogma DEFINITION 9 Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions TERM 10 Enlightenment DEFINITION 10 Wisdom that is thought to come from direct exposure of Ultimate Reality TERM 21 Myth DEFINITION 21 A Symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history TERM 22 Orthodox DEFINITION 22 Strictly standing by received traditions TERM 23 Phenomenology DEFINITION 23 study of religious practices tot comprehend their meaning for their practitioners TERM 24 polytheism DEFINITION 24 Belief that there are many deities TERM 25 Profane DEFINITION 25 Worldy, Secular, as opposed to sacred TERM 26 Realization DEFINITION 26 Personal Awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality TERM 27 Redaction DEFINITION 27 Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures TERM 28 Religion 1 DEFINITION 28 A Particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred, as shaped by institutionalized tradition TERM 29 Ritual DEFINITION 29 Repeated, Patterned Religious Act TERM 30 Sacred DEFINITION 30 The realm of the Extraordinary, Beyond Everyday Perceptions, the Supernatural, Holy. TERM 31 Scientific Materialism DEFINITION 31 a worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences, i.e., those required to understand our physical environment by mathematical modeling. The Supernatural is only imagined by humans TERM 32 Secularism DEFINITION 32 the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institutions and religious dignitaries. TERM 33 Spirituality DEFINITION 33 Any Personal Response to dimensions of of life that are considered sacred TERM 34 Symbol DEFINITION 34 Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept TERM 35 theism DEFINITION 35 belief in a Deity or Deities