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MWH Religion
Terms for MWH Religion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atheism | the denial or disbelief of the existence of a supreme being or beings. |
| Universalizing religion | Universalizing religions attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one cultural or location. Ie: Christianity |
| fundamentalism | strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or religious branch, denomination, or sect.) |
| Judaism | A monotheistic, ethnic religion first developed among the Hebrew people of the ancient Near East; its determining conditions include decent from Israel (Jacob), Torah (law and scripture), and tradition |
| Christianity | A monotheistic, universalizing religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and of the Bible as a sacred scripture |
| Islam | A monotheistic, universalizing religion that includes belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Mohammed as his prophet completing the work of earlier prophets of Judaism and Christianity. |
| Buddhism | A universalizing religion, primarily of the eastern and central Asia, based on the teachings of Siddharta Guatama, The Buddha, that suffering is inherent in all life but can be relieved by the mental and moral self-purification. |
| Animism (feng shui) | A belief that natural objects may be the abode of dead people, spirits, or gods who occasionally give objects the appearance of life. |
| contact conversion | The spread of Religious Beliefs by Personal Contact |
| ecotheology | The Study of the influence of religious belief in habitat modification. |
| pilgrimages | A journey to place consisdered scared for religious purposes. |