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Ecumenical |
A movement seeking to achieve worldwide unity among religions through improved understanding. |
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Anthropomorphism |
A term for the attribution of human behavior or characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, natural phenomena, or deity; anthropomorphism became a point of theological discussion in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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Theodicy |
A term that denotes the issue of God’s justice in relation to the problem of human suffering, used often in discussion of the book of Job relating to the attempt to justify God in the face of evil |
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Sect |
A group of people forming a distinct unit within a larger group by virtue of certain refinements or distinctions of belief or practice. |
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Secular |
“Worldly” rather than spiritual. Not particularly pertaining to religion. The notion of the sovereignty of God over human affairs receded as women and men placed increasing trust in their own ability to manage their own affairs and determine their own destiny. |
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Sacred |
Pertaining to religious objects, rights, or practices. Things set apart for God in a special way. |
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Apologetics |
traditionally denotes the reasoned defense of the Christian religion against intellectual objections, the attempt to establish certain elements of that faith as true or, at least, not demonstrably untrue. |
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YHWH |
The Personal Name for God; Merton describes it as a non-word. It is also called the tetragrammaton which is a four-lettered Word |
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Distanciation |
this is a natural by-product of seeking to critically understand the biblical text.Such critical engagement can cause one to have difficulty praying and approaching the text in a devotional sense. |
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Theology |
from two Grk. words (theos) deity and (logos) discourse: involves systematic and rational clarification of our knowledge of God |
