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32 Cards in this Set
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Monotheism |
Belief in one god |
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Abraham |
Patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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Ishmael |
Son of Abraham and Haggar |
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Arabs |
Descendants of Ishmael |
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Isaac |
Son of Abraham and Sarah Judaism and Christianity |
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Hebrews |
Promised the land of Canaan from Abraham |
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Judaism |
The monotheistic religion of the Jews |
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Torah |
Old Testament - Books of Judaism |
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Prophets |
People who write and teach about religion |
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Messiah |
Messenger of God |
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Jesus Christ |
Founder of Christianity Rabbi Believed to be Messiah |
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Christianity |
The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices. |
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Holy Trinity |
Father, son, and holy spirit |
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New Testament |
Written after the birth of Jesus |
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Muhammed |
Founder of Islam |
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Allah |
God of Islam |
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Islam |
submission to God |
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Five Pillars |
Duties of Islam |
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Koran/Qu'ran |
Holy Book |
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Hinduism |
A major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion. |
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Vedas |
The most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion |
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Upanishads |
Each of a series of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit c. 800–200 bc, expounding the Vedas in predominantly mystical and monistic terms. |
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Castes |
each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society |
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Brahman |
Ultimate power underlying universe: in Hinduism, the ultimate impersonal reality underlying everything in the universe, from which everything comes and to which it returns |
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Moksha |
Release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma. |
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Dharma |
the principle of cosmic order. virtue, righteousness, and duty, especially social and caste duty in accord with the cosmic order. the teaching or religion of the Buddha. |
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karma |
destiny or fate (Buddhism and Hinduism) |
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Samsara/Reincarnation |
the cycle of death and rebirth |
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Siddhartha Gautama |
known as Buddah |
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Buddhism |
a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century bc. |
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Four Noble Truths |
the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching. |
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Middle Way |
the eightfold path of Buddhism between indulgence and asceticism |
