KEY TERMS

Question 1

Dependant arising

Answer 1

The Buddhist idea that nothing is eternal and all things depend on certain conditions to survive.

Question 2

Dukkha

Answer 2

Suffering

Question 3

Anicca

Answer 3

Impermanence

Question 4

Anatta

Answer 4

No fixed self/soul

Question 5

Tanha

Answer 5

Craving

Question 6

Nirodha

Answer 6

The end of suffering

Question 7

Magga

Answer 7

The cure to suffering

Question 8

Bodhisattva

Answer 8

Mahayana perfected person who stays in the wheel of samsara to help others reach enlightenment

Question 9

Sukhavati

Answer 9

Pure land - perfect paradise in the presence of Buddha Amitabha where there is no craving or suffering.

Question 10

Metta

Answer 10

Loving kindness

Question 11

Karuna

Answer 11

Compassion

Question 12

Karma

Answer 12

The idea that all of your actions have consequences in the next life.

Question 13

Judgement

Answer 13

The idea that God will judge every soul’s actions and decide whether they are worthy of heaven or hell.

Question 14

Heaven

Answer 14

Eternal paradise for the believers in the presence of God.

Question 15

Hell

Answer 15

Eternal torment for disbelievers away from God.

Question 16

Purgatory

Answer 16

The intermediate state where souls are cleansed in order to enter heaven.

Question 17

Sin

Answer 17

Acts against God’s laws that separate a person from God.

Question 18

Original Sin

Answer 18

Everyone is born with a built-in urge to sin as a result of Adam and Eve’s first sin in the Garden of Eden.

Question 19

Atonement

Answer 19

Restoring the relationship between people and God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

Question 20

Salvation

Answer 20

Saving the soul, deliverance from sin and admission to heaven brought about by Jesus.

Question 21

Salvation through Law / Good works

Answer 21

Achieving salvation by having faith and obeying God’s law.

Question 22

Salvation by Grace

Answer 22

Salvation is given by God through faith in Jesus. Isn’t earned or deserved but a gift for the faithful.

Question 23

The incarnation

Answer 23

The belief that God took human form in Jesus Christ. It is also the belief that God in Christ is active in the Church and in the world.

Question 24

The crucifixion

Answer 24

Jesus was
crucified
on a Friday alongside two robbers, one on each side of him. A sign above his head read “King of the Jews”.

Question 25

The resurrection

Answer 25

The Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after the crucifixion. The rising from the dead of believers on the Last Day in a new, or risen, life.

Question 26

The ascension

Answer 26

For Christians, when Jesus went up to Heaven 40 days after he rose from the dead.

Question 27

Mission

Answer 27

The vocation or calling of a religious organisation or individual to go out into the world and spread the faith.

Question 28

Evangelism

Answer 28

A person sent on a religious mission, especially to promote Christianity in a foreign country through preaching or charitable works.

Question 29

Reconciliation

Answer 29

The action of making one view or belief compatible with another.

Question 30

Agape

Answer 30

Unconditional love.

Question 31

General revelation

Answer 31

Everyone can experience God indirectly

Question 32

Special revelation

Answer 32

When God reveals himself directly to individuals

Question 33

Immanent

Answer 33

A personal God that is always present

Question 34

Transcendent

Answer 34

A less personal God who is above our understanding

Question 35

Moral evil

Answer 35

A morally negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of a person.

Question 36

Natural evil

Answer 36

Pain and suffering that results from natural disasters or diseases etc.

Question 37

Anthropic principle

Answer 37

The idea that our universe seems to be fine tuned for life to exist.

Question 38

Retribution

Answer 38

Punishment that aims to make the criminal pay for what they have done wrong

Question 39

Rehabilitation

Answer 39

punishment that aims to reform the criminal

Question 40

Deterrence

Answer 40

Punishment that aims to put people off committing crime

Question 41

Corporal punishment

Answer 41

Physical punishment

Question 42

Human rights

Answer 42

The basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings should be entitled.

Question 42

Social justice

Answer 42

Ensuring that people are treated fairly whether they are poor or wealthy and protects their human rights.