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Apostles

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12 original followers of Christ

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Baptism

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Right of admission/adoption into the Church

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Easter

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Day that Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus

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Parables

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stories used by Jesus to convey lessons to followers

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Trinity

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the Christian God has 3 persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) in one God

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Olorun

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(Yoruba) supreme god but is hardly worshipped

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Orishas

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(Yoruba) 100s of lesser gods, which are the focus of worship

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Ife

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city where the Yoruba believe that humans originated

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Family Ancestors

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(Yoruba) gained supernatural powers by being a good person and worshipped only by their family

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Deified Ancestors

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Ancestors worshipped more broadly

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Divination

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(Yoruba) practices done to predict the future of a person

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Wakan Tanka

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(Lakota) the great spirit, grandfather spirit, or great mystery

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Axis Mundi

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(Lakota) center of the universe is the cottonwood tree during the Sun Dance

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Sweat Lodge

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(Lakota) a rite of passage where someone gets in a tent that is hot and gets very steamy. The sweat and pressure represent a cleansing of the physical and spiritual person

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Sun Dance

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(Lakota) Dancing around in a circle around a cottonwood tree. The dance is tribal and festive as they believe the center of the universe revolves around them at that moment. Happens twice a year

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Vision Quest

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(Lakota) Another rite of passage that turns a child into an adult; person goes out onto a hill and if they don’t get a vision they must die

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Indigenous Religion

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a religion that is not widespread and is a cultural religion from a group of people. Usually these religions are rich in tradition as their ancestors practiced the same way

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Moksha

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Hindus ultimate goal of liberation from samsara

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Samsara

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cycle of birth, life, death, and reincarnation

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Yoga

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Methodic exertion of the body and mind, has poses and such

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Karma

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moral law that defines how souls will receive the consequences of their actions in the next life

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Dharma

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ethical duty based on one’s caste

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Brahman

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shared common essence of everything in the world

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atman

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eternal self or soul; each atman together makes up the brahman

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Caste System
system based on beliefs that the reincarnation determines a person's standing, duties, or spiritual level
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Shakyamuni
another name for Buddha
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Four Passing Sights
old age, disease, death, ascetic man
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the Great Going Forth
Buddha renounces his life and goes on to live and ascetic life
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Middle Way
rejection of pleasure of sensual indulgences and of self-denial of asceticism
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4 Noble Truths
to live is to experience suffering, suffering is cause by desire, suffering can be brought to cessation, solution to suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path
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Arhats
worthy ones, basically saints
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Nirvana
(Buddhism) state of eternal bliss
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Chun-Tzu
ideal person, gentleman
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Analects
collection of Confucius' sayings
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Shu
silver rule- "do not do unto others what you do not done unto yourself"
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Confucian Sacrifices
Major - by emperor Middle - by court officials Minor - by local officials
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Lao-Tzu
the founder of Taoism, was conceived at the age of 83, a government archivist, disenchanted to the gov and left town to wander
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Tao Te Ching
81 short chapters of advice, known as "a mystical sacred text par excellence", contains paradoxes
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Paradoxes
assertions that seem illogical and contradictory on the surface yet contain deeper truths more accessible through intuition than logic
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Chuang Tzu
second founder of Taoism, wrote a text with the central theme of freeing the mind from mere assumption about reality
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Yin
negative, female, night, passive
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Yang
Positive, Male, Day, Active
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tao
"the way"
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Wu-Wei
actionless activity or natural non-intervention
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Kosher
Jewish dietary and clothing restrictions/laws
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Shabbat/Sabbath
day of rest, Saturday
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Talmud
vast depository of the oral Torah; translates to "study" or "knowledge"
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Shema
central Jewish prayer
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The 10 Commandments
ten laws given to Moses which he passes on to the Israelites
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Diaspora
the situation of Jews living away from their ancestral homeland
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Pesach/Passover
holiday celebrating the passage of Israelites from slavery into freedom
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Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year
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Islam translation
"surrender" or "submission"
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Qur'an
primary sacred text
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Shahada
profession of faith, "there is no God except God. Muhammad is the messenger of God"
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Salat
5 times daily mandatory prayer
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Zakat
almsgiving/tithes, 2.5% of yearly wealth
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Hajj
annual pilgrimage to Mecca
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Sawm
every year during Ramadan, fasting from eating, drinking, smoking, and having sex from sunrise to sunset
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Kaaba
Geographically sacred center. means "the cube"
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Sikh
"learner" or "disciple"
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panth
commune
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Gurdwara
the place of worship for Sikhism
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Mool Mantra
opening lines of Adi Granth, profession of faith
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Sarbat da Bhalla
"welfare unto all"
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Seva
daily selfless service to humanity
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Vand Chakna
Sharing with the needy
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Kirat Karniyee
Honest labor and do not become burden to society

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