| A | B |
|---|
| Monothestic | belief in one God |
| shari'ah | the code of laws for Muslims that regulates daily lives |
| Clergy | church leaders |
| Dharma | divine Hindu law |
| Laity | regular church members |
| Shinto | religion in Japan; spirits are all around |
| Islam | religion of Arabs in the Middle East. Allah is God |
| jihad | means inner struggle, extremists use it to expand religion |
| Reincarnation | Individual soul is reborn in a differnt form after death (Hinduism) |
| Hinduism | holy book is the Vedas and mostly widly practiced in India |
| Nirvana | Buddhism - ultimate reality, end of the self |
| New Testament | Writings that give a record of Jesus' life and teachings |
| Shiite | accept only decendants of Ali as true rulers of Islam |
| Daoism | Teach inaction and that a person should not interfere |
| Annul | declare a marriage invalid |
| Confucianism | China - work hard and improve your life on earth |
| Buddhism | appeared in N. India; founder is Siddhartha Gautama |
| Quran | holy book for Islam |
| Hijrah | Muhammad left Makkah and went to Medina |
| Karma | determines how a person will be reborn in the next life |
| Yoga | a method of training to achieve oneness with God |
| Zen | Japan - Part of Samurai warrior's code of behavior |
| Legalism | human beings are evil by nature and need stiff hash punichments |
| mosque | Muslim house of worship |
| caliph | name given to successor of Muhammad |
| Ascetics | people who practiced self-denial to understand ultimate reality |
| Sunni | democratic form of Islam |
| Hajj | pilgrimage to Mekkah |
| Predestination | God determined in advance who is going to heaven or hell |
| polythestic | belief in many gods |
