INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGION AND BELIEF SYSTEMS

REVIEWER
I. Multiple Choices.
II. Fill in the blanks.
III. III. Essay.

MONISTIC/MONISM - A philosophy or doctrine that rejects the existence of a separation or duality in

either sphere, such as that between matter and mind, or between God and the cosmos.
The doctrine that there is only one ultimate being.

MONOTHEISTIC/ MONOTHEISM – Believe in the existence of one god religions like Christianity, Islam,
Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Shangdi and Atenism.

POLYTHEISTIC/ POLYTHEISM – The belief in the existence of multiple gods like Hinduism, Taoism,
Shintoism, Modern Neo Paganism.

AGNOTIC/ AGNOSTICICM - A person that insists that nothing is known or can be known of the presence
or essence of God or something other than material phenomena and a person who expresses neither
belief nor disbelief in God.

ATHIEST/ATHIESTSM - It is, in the wider definition, a lack of belief in the presence of gods. More
generally, atheism is a denial of the idea that every religion exists. In a much smaller context, atheism is
simply the position that there are no religions.

THEISM - Faith in the presence of a god or gods, particularly the belief in one god as the creator of the
world, the interference in it and the maintaining of a personal relationship with his creatures. Belief in
the presence of divine reality it is commonly relating to monotheism, as opposed to pantheism,
polytheism, and atheism.

COFUNCIUS - was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who was
traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. He Emphasis on personal and constitutional
morality, the correctness of social relations, equity, compassion and honesty.

SIDDARTHA GAUTAMA BUDDHA - A philosopher, a beggar, a meditator, a spiritual teacher, and a

religious leader who resided in ancient Nepal. He is regarded as the father of the world religion of
Buddhism, and worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the wise Somebody who transcended Karma and
fled the cycle of creation and rebirth.

ABRAHAM - He is a traditional patriarch of the Abrahamic faiths, including Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant of the Images, the unique bond between the
Hebrews and God; in Christianity, he is the divine progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or Gentile;
and in Islam, he is seen as a link in the chain of prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in
Muhammad

MUHAMMAD - He was an Arab spiritual, social, and political leader and father of Islam. According to
Islamic theology, he was a prophet, sent to preach and to affirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam,
Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the other prophets. He is considered to be the last prophet of God in all the
major sects of Islam, although some western religions depart from this view. Muhammad has united
Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the
basis of Islamic religious belief.

MOSES – Also recognized as Moshe Rabben is the most prominent prophet in Judaism, and an important
prophet in Christianity, Islam, the Baha'i faith, and a number of other Abrahamic faiths. In the biblical
and Qur'anic story, he was the king of the Israelites and the lawgiver to whom the authorship of the first
five books of the Bible, the Torah, or the "acquisition of the Torah from heaven," was credited.

JESUS CHRIST -
JAPAN
JAPANESE EMPERORS OR EMPERORS
MT. ARARAT
MT. TABOR
TEMPLE MOUNT
SPIRIT
SPIRARE
RELIGION
INDIA
CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
UNIVERSALIZING/UNIVERSALIZING RELIGION
JUDAISM
EXCLUSIVE/ EXCLUSIVE RELIGIONS
NON-EXCLUSIVE/ NON-EXCLUSIVE RELIGIONS

COVERAGE WILL BE LESSON 1 TO LESSON 3- Reading will help much.