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Shahada/Shema |
Confession or profession of faith: "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet" |
One of the five pillars |
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Al-Ghazali |
Mujaddid, founder of Sufism |
Mystic |
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Council of Trent |
Defined heresies, ridded indulgences, addressed corruption, reformed a lot of the Catholic Church. |
Response to Protestantism |
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Nostra Aetate |
Addressed relations with non-Christian religions, inclusivism but not pluralism. |
"in our time" |
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Night Journey - Dome of the Rock |
The journey of Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem, where he then ascended to heaven |
"farthest mosque" |
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Quran |
The Holy revelations given to Muhammad by God through Gabriel |
Revelation |
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Hadith |
The teachings or examples given by Muhammad, not revelation but still important |
Not from God |
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70 C.E. |
Destruction of the second Temple by the Babylonians, Jewish Diaspora |
Scattered from homeland |
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Six-Day War |
War between Israel and Muslim countries, caused huge blow to Muslim morale and initiated the talk of reform in Islam |
Modern day |
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Sura |
A chapter of the Quran |
Large |
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Aya |
Verse of the Quran |
Small |
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imitatio Muhammad |
The blind imitation of everything Muhammad did, regardless of importance |
Eat what he likes to eat |
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Tawhid |
The oneness and unity of Allah |
Unity |
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Sunni |
Believe leader of Muslims should be based on religious merit |
Merit |
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Shia |
Believe leader of Islam should descend from Muhammad's family |
Family |
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Tafsir |
Exegesis of the Quran |
Reading OUT |
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Synoptic gospels |
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and how they solely discuss the Jesus story (life and death) |
Synopsis |
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Adonai |
Jewish name for God, "Lord, master" |
Is literally translated to Christianity |
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YHWH |
Gods true name, should not be spoken |
"I am" |
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Rashidun |
The Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali. What all following caliphs should use as examples |
Right |
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Five Pillars of Islam |
Profession (shahada) Prayer (salat) Alms (zakat) Fasting (sawm) Pilgrimage (hajj) |
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Marcion |
Separated "true God" from YHWH to the Father of Christ (creates distinct and different gods) |
God separation |
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Apocalyptic literature |
Literature written as if the end was nigh (many new testament books) |
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610 c.e. |
The year Muhammad received his revelation on Mt. Hira |
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Apologists |
Defended Christianity against Gnosticism, also to present as less superstitious to the Roman Empire |
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Arianism |
Christ was not divine, but made by God |
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Athanasius |
Influential to Biblical canon, a leading apologist against Arianism |
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Sharia |
"straight path", based on Sunna and hadith to define "laws" for Muslims to live by |
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Talmud |
Written oral Torah (Mishnah) and Gemara holding Jewish civil, ceremonial law, and legend |
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Tanakh |
The Hebrew Bible |
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John Hick |
Theologian famous on his work and study in religious pluralism |
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Sayyid Qutb |
Grandfather of modern terrorism. Ultra-conservative view on the role of Islam |
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Kosher/halal |
What is allowed (food, etc.) |
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Josephus |
Jewish historian, hugely important for historical background in early Judaism/Christianity |
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Osama bin Laden |
Terrorist leader, believed Islam had been wronged by the Western world (horribly extreme, but he's not utterly wrong... ) |
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Transubstantiation |
The conversion of the eucharist and the wine to the flesh and blood of Christ |
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Marburg Colloquy |
The discussion between Luther and Zwigli about the validity of transubstantiation |
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Torah |
"law", the first five books of the Jewish bible |
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Gnosticism |
Heretic group, question Christ's divinity and human salvation through secret knowledge (gnosis) |
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Fatwa |
A ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority |
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Society of Jesus |
Jesuits, a group of Christian missionaries under order of the Pope |
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Cappadocians |
Advanced the doctrine of the Trinity |
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First Century Judaism |
Divided Judaism, Essenes, Sadducees, Pharisees |
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Amidah |
"the standing prayer" central prayer of Judaism |
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Constantine |
Legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire |
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Constantine |
Legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire |
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Edict of Milan |
The Edict Constantine passed (you know which one) |
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Decalogue |
The ten commandments |
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Shema |
Proclamation of faith for Judaism |
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622 c.e. |
The Hijra |
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587 BCE |
First temple destroyed by Persians |
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Sola scriptura |
The doctrine that Christian Scriptures are the sole infallible rule of faith |
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