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19 Cards in this Set
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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
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-interpretation of the tanak in a verse by verse commentary
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-millenarian
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-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
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-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-way of life withdrawn from ordinary pursuits and dedicated to the sacred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 |