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.
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