Theology 12 World Religions (Phillips)

Vocabulary words for each reading assignment

1-1 Religious Questions (pp. 13-15)

 Spiritual perfection
 Transcendence
 Cosmology
 Monotheism
 Polytheism
 Pantheism
 Revelation

1-2 Seven Dimensions of Religion (pp. 15-18)

 Faith
 Mysticism
 Myth
 Ethics
 Ritual

2-1 Christian Divisions, Christian Unity (p. 240-243)

 Catholic
 Protestant Reformation, Catholic Reformation
 Original sin
 Predestination
 Tradition
 Second Vatican Council

3-1 Judaism’s Central Teachings (pp. 202-205)

 Torah
 Tanakh
 Rabbi
 Mishnah
 Talmud

3-2 Judaism: The Way of Torah (pp. 213-219)

 Sabbath
 Rosh Hashanah
 Yom Kippur
 Passover
 Bar/Bat Mitzvah
4-1 Foundations of Islam (pp. 248-253)

 Qur’an
 Sunna
 Allah
 Umma
 Sharia

4-2 Islam: Basic Practices and Social Teaching (pp. 253-257)

 Five Pillars
 Shahadah
 Mosque
 Imam
 Ramadan
 Hajj
 Ka’ba
 Jihad

4-3 Varieties of Islam (pp. 260-263)

 Sunni
 Shi’i
 Sufi

5-1 Hinduism: Human Destiny (pp. 42-48)

 Moksha
 Monism
 Brahman
 Upanishads
 Atman
 Samsara
 Bhagavad Gita
 Karma
 Dharma

5-2 Hinduism: Three Paths to Liberation (pp. 53-61)

 Karma marga
 Jnana marga
 Bhakti marga
 Yoga
 Samadhi
 Avatar
6-1 Buddhist Teachings (pp. 75-85)

 Dharma
 Samsara
 Anatta
 Anicca
 Dukkha
 Karma
 Four Noble Truths
 Tanha
 Noble Eightfold Path
 Arhat

6-2 Divisions in Buddhism (pp. 85-90)

 Theravada
 Mahayana
 Bodhisattvas
 Vajrayana
 mandalas
 mudras
 mantras
 Dalai Lama