World Religions Vocab Quiz 9

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-messiah

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-hebrew "anointed one"
-the hoped for descendant of king david who will appear to restore israel to glory

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-midrash

Back 2

-interpretation of the tanak in a verse by verse commentary

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-millenarian

Back 3

-referring to the belief that supernatural powers are about to bring a new age on earth, which will totally transform life and bring restoration and salvation to the community of believers who have faithfully received the message of the coming end time

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-mishnah

Back 4

-hebrew "teaching, tradition, study"
-the oral torah as it existed in written form in the late second or early third century

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-mitakuye oyasin

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-lakota "all my relations"
-used in lakota rituals to emphasize that they are "for everyone and everything"

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-mitzvah

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-hebrew "commandment"
-collectively, the laws traditional jews believe to have been revealed to moses by the lord, which all jews are to keep for all time

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-moksha

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-sanskrit "liberation"
-refers to the south asian teaching of liberation from the cycle of rebirth

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-monasticism

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-way of life withdrawn from ordinary pursuits and dedicated to the sacred

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-monism

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-the view that all reality is one, typically emphasizing spiritual unity

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-monotheism

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-the belief in one all powerful personal deity who created, sustains, and will judge the cosmos

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-mormon

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-the prophet recognized by the church of jesus christ of latter day saints as the author of the book of mormon
-also used to refer to members of the lds church

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-moroni

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-son of mormon, who, as an angel, appeared to joseph smith and directed him to the golden tablets on which the book of mormon was inscribed

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-mosque

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-a communal place of prayer and gathering for muslims

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-mysticism

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-directed, unmediated experience of the ultimate and the path that leads to such experience

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-myth

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-story about the sacred, which is foundational, creating the basic patterns of life for people who accept the story as true for them

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-neo paganism

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-the movement that seeks to restore suppressed indigenous beliefs and practices, especially of europe

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-nirvana

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-the state of bliss that comes when desire and attachment are overcome
-associated with buddhism

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-ogun

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-the most widely worshipped orisa
-the yoruba god or war and iron, with associated powers of both formation and destruction

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-olorun

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-"owner of the sky"
-the yoruba high god, lord above all, who dwells in the heavens and is the source of all life