Religions and Worldviews vocabulary.

You might come across words in Religions and Worldviews that are new or unfamiliar. Different worldviews, especially religious ones, have specific terms to name or describe important ideas and concepts.

How many of the words below have you heard of before?

General terms

- these are not specific to any one religion

Religion, theist, special books, special places, special stories, prayer, celebration, festival, symbol, thankful, faith, belief, teachings, wise sayings, rules for living, values, co-operation, belonging, community, worship, holiness, place of worship, sacred, sacred text, creation story, spiritual, commitment, pilgrim, pilgrimage, ritual, devotion, life after death, destiny, soul, inspiration, role-model, harmony, respect, justice, moral codes, ethics, charity, compassion, tolerance, diversity.

Christianity

Christmas, Easter, Bible, Church, Jesus, Christian

Pentecost, Harvest Festival, Advent, Messiah, Christ, Gospel, Jesus, Holy Spirit, God the Creator, Trinity, heaven, nativity.

baptism, christening, resurrection, disciple, parable, salvation, mercy, grace, creed, intelligent design, prophecy

Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Free Church,

Judaism

Synagogue, Torah, Jewish,

Ten Commandments, Yahweh, Jehova, Passover / Pesach, Hanukkah, Ark, Judaism, shabbat, bimah, kippa

Purim, Day of Atonement, Star of David, prophet, rabbi, Bat/Bat Mitzvah.

Beth Shalom, Messiah,  Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah.

Important people from the Torah:

Joseph, Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Ruth, King David, King Solomon, Esther, Isaiah, Daniel.

Islam

Allah, Prophet Muhammad, Qur’an, Hadith, Sunnah, Mosque, Muslim, Islamic

Eid

paradise, ummah, Iman (faith), akhlaq (character or moral conduct), adhan (call to prayer)

5 Pillars: shahada, salat, zakat, sawm, hajj

Sunni, Shi’a, Sufi, 99 Beautiful Names, Bismillah

Hinduism

Hindu, mandir, Aum, Brahman, Vedas

Divali, Hindu dharma, Sanatan Dharma, Murtis, gods and goddesses, deity, puja, home shrine, devotion.

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Shiva Nataraja, Lakshmi, Parvati, Ganesha, Rama, Sita, Hanuman

holi, trimurti, 

Bhagavad Gita, atman, karma, dharma, moksha, ashram, ahimsa, yoga, Mahabharata, mandala, maya, varna, jati.

Non-religious Worldviews

Non-religious, Humanist, Golden Rule, worldview.

spiritual, atheist, agnostic, rationalist, Golden Rule, secular, ‘new atheists’, skepticism, ethics, autonomy, anti-theists.