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19 Cards in this Set
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-doctrine
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-a religious teaching expressed in rational, discursive form
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-dualism
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-the view that reality is divided into two, and only two, basic principles or forces (one material and the other spiritual), which are mutually opposed and/or complementary
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-dukkha
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-pali "suffering"
-according to buddhist belief, suffering caused by craving is the condition from which humans need to be liberated |
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-ecocentric
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-the perspective that the entire earth is interconnected, with no single center
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-ecumenical
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-greek "whole inhabited world"
-in christianity, used to refer to the movement for increased cooperation and unity among christian churches |
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-eightfold path
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-the buddhist path to nirvana implementing the teaching of the "middle way" between self-indulgence and self-denial
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-elohim
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-hebrew "god" or "gods"
-in international raelian religion, "those who came from the sky" in a flying saucer to teach humanity |
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-eschatology
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-teaching about or study of the "end time" which will occur at the climax or history, according to the religions that originated in the middle east
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-ethics
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-principles of right conduct, and the study of them
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-fakir
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-arabic "poor"
-in sufism, a seeker of the way to union with allah |
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-falun
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-according to falun gong teaching, the "law wheel" located in each person's abdomen
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-fatalism
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-the view that events are pre-determined
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-fatwa
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-in islam, a formal opinion treating a moral, legal, or doctrinal question, issued by a recognized scholar
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-female gential mutilation
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-the disfiguring and/or removal or female sex organs as part of a rite of passage for girls
-particularly common in africa |
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-fetish
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-a sacred object though to have special powers
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-filial piety (xiao)
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-chinese value of reverence for one's social superiors, coupled with respectful treatment of social inferiors by superiors
-expressed in 5 basic relationships -confucianism |
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-five pillars
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-basic obligations that individual muslims observe
-profession of faith -daily prayer -alms tax for needy -fasting during month of ramadan -taking pilgrimage to mecca at least once |
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-four noble truths
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-basic teaching of buddhism, expressed by siddartha gautama in deer park sermon
-life is painful -cause of suffering is desire -way to overcome suffering -way is eightfold path |
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-fundamentalism
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-movement within a religion that stresses absolute, unchanging, and unequivocally true nature of the movement's core teachings
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