WR--Misc Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Absolutist | Someone who holds rigid, literal, exclusive belief in the doctrines of their religion. |
Agnosticism | The belief that if there is anything beyond this life, it is impossible for humans to know it. |
Atheism | Belief that there is no deity. |
Ascetic | A person who practices extreme self-discipline in order to develop spiritually. |
Canon | Authoritative collection of writings, works, etc., applying to a particular religion or author. |
Charisma | A rare personal magnetism, often ascribed to a founder of a religion. |
Conversion | A change in one’s religious direction by adopting a new belief. |
Creed | A formal statement of the beliefs of a particular religion. |
Cult | Any religion that focuses on worship of a particular person or deity and viewed as strange or what may be considered dangerous |
Denomination | A comprehensive scheme, plan or conception. |
Dogma | A system of beliefs declared to be true by a religion. |
Eschatology | Beliefs about the end of the world and of humanity. |
Exegesis | Critical examination of a religious text. |
Fasting | Abstaining from food as part of a spiritual discipline. |
Fundamentalism | Describes a group of people who try to live by a strict and literal interpretation of scripture. Insistence on what people perceive as the historical form of their religion, in contrast to more contemporary influences. |
Heaven | In many religious traditions, the home of God or the gods and the place where the good will go when they die. |
Hell | A place or state of eternal torment reserved for the wicked. |
Heretic | A member of an established religion whose views are unacceptable to the orthodoxy. |
Incarnation | Physical embodiment of the divine. |
Inclusivism | The idea that all religions can be accommodated within one religion. |
Liberal | Flexible in approach to religious tradition; inclined to see it as metaphorical rather than literal truth. |
Monasticism | The religious traition of withdrawing from the world to devote oneself to prayer and meditation. |
Monotheistic | Believing in a single God. |
Mysticism | People who use their own spiritual experiences to interpret scripture. They seek a personal encounter with the supernatural to guide them. |
Occult | Involving the mysterious, unseen, supernatural. |
Orthodox | Adhering to the established tradition of a religion. |
New Age | A loose collection of religious movements dating from the 1960’s, that mixes Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, and focuses on the healing energies of the natural world. |
Pilgrimage | A journey to a sacred place. |
Pantheism | The belief that everything in the universe is divine |
Parable | An allegorical story. |
Penance | An act of self-punishment to atone for wrongdoings. |
Pluralism | An appreciation of the diversity of religions. |
Reincarnation | Rebirth of the soul into a new body after death of the old body. |
Repentance | Turning away from wrongdoing, expressing sorrow for sins, and resolving to do better. |
Ritual | A repeated, patterned religious act. |
Sect | A sub-group within a larger tradition. |
Sacred | The realm of the extraordinary, beyond everyday perceptions, the supernatural, holy. |
Transcendent | Existing outside the material universe. |
Theistic | Believing in a God or gods. |
Symbol | Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept. |
Syncretism | A form of religion in which otherwise differing traditions are blended. |
Santeria | The combination of African and Christian practices which developed in Cuba. |
Sin | The breaking of holy laws. |
Secularism | The modern tendency to separate religion from everyday life and to see values and rules for living as taken from the experience in this world, not from divine revelation. |
Apocrypha | Books that are not part of the official canon of scripture, but which are still considered sacred. |
Deity | God or object of worship |
Hermeneutics | The bias or method of interpretation that we bring to the interpretation of scriptures. |
Religion | A system of belief that includes sacred stories, doctrines, rituals, ethics and a moral code and that attempts to connect people with the sacred |
Scripture | The sacred writings of a religion that are considered authoritative, because people read scripture to learn what is right and wrong. |
Apologetics | The use of theology to defend a religion. |
Doctrine | A statement or teaching about the beliefs of a religion. It is based on sacred scripture and cannot be proven. |
Norms | The standards of behavior for a religion. |
Theology | The study of the divine |
Theologian | A person who studies the divine. |
Humanism | The belief that people are basically good and can save themselves. |
Materialism | The belief that nothing exists apart from matter. |
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