World Religions Vocab Test 4

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-conversion

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-the process of deliberate change from one religion to another

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-cosmic Christ

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-in christianity, the teaching that christ is present in all reality
-sometimes called the "third nature" of christ (alongside the human and divine)

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-cosmos

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-ordered reality as a whole
-in religions, ultimacy is typically the source of cosmos

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-cosmology

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-the study of (or view of) how the universe (all reality) is ordered
-cosmogony is a theory or story of how the cosmos originated

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-coven

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-the small groups into which wiccans are informally organized and in which rituals are performed

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-covenant

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-an agreement characterized by mutual loyalty and trust
-in judaism and christianity, refers to pacts between God and his chosen people

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-cult

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-descriptively, a movement that focuses on one person or god
-often used negatively for a religious movement deemed dangerous

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-dafa

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-in falun gong teaching, the "great law of the universe"

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-dalai lama

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-"ocean of wisdom"
-the title of the chief spiritual and temporal leader of the tibetan people

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-dao

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-the mysterious, unnameable cosmic power that is the source and end of all reality according to philosophical daoism

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-daodejing (tao-te-ching)

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-a collection of 81 enigmatic poems traditionally ascribed to the legendary figure lao zi
-basic text of daoist philosophy

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-dar al-islam

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-arabic "house of peace"
-symbol of the ideal of political unity established by submission to the will of allah
-contrasted with dar al-harb "house of war"

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-de (te)

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-chinese "power" or "virtue"

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-devi

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-sanskrit "goddess"
-in hinduism, various devi are worshipped

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-dhamma

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-pali term that describes the buddha's teaching, followed by all who seek to lead a buddhist lifestyle

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-dharma

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-sanskrit "duty" or "way things are intended to be"
-in hindu society, social dharma determined by caste
-eternal dharma refers to duty to pursue a pat leading to liberation from the cycle of rebirth

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-diaspora

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-the dispersion (scattering) of the jewish people from their homeland

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-divination

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-methods of discovering the nature and significance of events, usually future ones

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-divine mind

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-in christian science, the name for God