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19 Cards in this Set
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-anti-semitism
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attitude and acts of hatred against jewish people and judaism
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-apocalyptic
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-referring to the revelation of the secrets of the end time
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-apostolic succession
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-the doctrine that authority in the christian church is determined by a line of succession from the apostles of Jesus
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-arhant
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-theravada buddhist term for someone who has followed the teachings of buddha and attained enlightenment
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-armageddon
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-literally, "mount megiddo"
-designates the final battle associated with the coming of the end time |
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-asceticism
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-active self-denial for the purpose of spiritual fulfillment
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-ashkenazim
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-jews who fled persecution in western europe and settled in eastern europe during the middle ages
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-assimilation
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-giving up or modifying once's own religious beliefs and practices in order to adapt to a dominant religion and culture
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-atheism
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-the denial of the existence of a personal god and/or any spiritual reality
-theoretical holds that no such reality exists -functional holds that even if they do exist, humans are on their own in reaching the ultimate goal |
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-atman
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-sanskrit "eternal soul"
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-avalokitesvara (avalokita)
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-the bodhisattva of compassion
-male in tibet, watches over people, incarnate in dalai lama -female in china and japan |
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-avatar
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-hindu concept of the incarnation of earthly manifestation of a deity
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-avesta
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-persian "instruction"
-primary collection of zoroastrian sacred texts |
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-avidya
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-sanskrit "ignorance"
-in hinduism, the concept of ignorance of true, spiritual reality |
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-ayatollah
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-"sign or reflection of God"
-a title of honor in shi'ite islam |
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-bar/bat mitzvah
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-hebrew "son/daughter of the commandment"
-jewish rite of passage through which one becomes an adult member of the jewish community |
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-bardo thodol
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-tibetan book of the dead, with instructions for the intermediate state
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-berdache
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-in the modern study of gender roles, describes a man who dresses and lives as a woman and a woman who dresses and lives as a man
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-bhagavad-gita
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-sanskrit "song of the lord"
-section of the mahabharata -regarded by many as the crowning achievement of hindu literature, synthesizing the major strands within hindu teaching |
