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Religion Vocabulary
Altar
a place of worship or home for sacred things (offerings to God) to be kept on display
Atonement
• reconciliation with God "forgiveness"
Bar or Bat Mitzvah In Judaism, the rite of passage into adulthood.
Translated, it means "Son or Daughter of the Covenant". There is a ceremony when the boy or girl reads from the Torah for the first time.
Brahman
a Hindu God, considered the protector of the world
Yoga
increase unity between the self and God
crucifixion
The method by which Jesus was killed. He was nailed to a cross until death.
Covenant
-A Jewish belief -A solemn agreement between God and
Abraham
deity
God or other sacred beings
disciple a follower of a particular religion or leader
Enlightenment
• clarifying information
• the highest level of understanding
Guru
• In Hinduism or Sikhism, a religious leader or guide
Idol a symbol or picture that is believed
to have sacred powers
------ Ganesh(Gaurded Paravati’s
house while Shiva was off fighting war. When Shiva came back he was denied entry and he cut off Ganesh’s head. Paravati was angry. He replaced it with the head of an elephant.
Koran• The holy book
of Islam.• It is important
in Islam to memorize as much as possible of the Koran.
Meditation
• emptying the mind of thoughts, or concentration on just one thing
Messiah
Someone treated as a savior of a country, a religion, or a group of people
Monestary
A building or area in which a group of people observing a religion lives together
Monotheismthe belief that there is one God
(Christianity, Judaism, Islam)
mosquea building in which Muslims worship
Nirvana
Release from the cycle of birth and rebirth
persecution• the subjecting of a
group of people to cruel or unfair treatment because of their beliefs
Pilgrimage
a literal or symbolic journey to a holy place.
Torah The Jewish holy
book The Torah is
written by hand on scrolled paper and kept in the Ark in a synagogue.
Polytheism
belief in more than one God.
Reincarnation
The belief that humans are in an endless lifecycle of birth and death.
Synagogue
A building for worship for the Jewish religion. (a major community-gathering place)