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| Kami | A spirit, god, or goddess of shinto |
| Mono No Aware | essence of the universe cultivated through artistic expression |
| Soto | one of the main schools of Buddhism; values meditation. More ralaxed than Rinzai |
| Rinzai | one of the main schools of Buddhism; focuses on the ideals of sudden enlightenment and makes use of addition techniques; strict |
| Satori | In Zen, the enlightened awareness |
| Koan | In Chan andZen Buddhism, a question that cannot be answered logically; a technique used to test consciousness and bring awakening |
| Amaterasu | 'shining in heaven'; goddess of the sun |
| Qur'an | Recitation; God's words as revealed to and receited by Mohammad; an authorized edition of written works that appeared after Muhammads death |
| Allah | Islam 's name for God |
| Hajj | pilgimage to Mecca |
| Shiites | a minority branch of Islam that holds Muhammad's genuine successors decended from his son-in-law Ali |
| Baptism | The Christian right of initiation, involving immersion of water and sprinkling of water. |
| Redemption/reconcilation | 'Buy again', 'buy back' (latin); the belief that the death of Jesus has paid the price of justice for all human wrong doing |
| Incarnation | 'In flesh' (latin); a belief that God became invisible in Jesus |
| Gospel | 'good news' (middle english) an account of the life of Jesus. |
| Eucharist | communion, the last supper |
| Apostles | the twelve original disciples and early preachers in christianity |
| Apocaliptic | The belief that the world is coming to an end; this belief usually includes the notion of a great battle, final judgement, and the reward of the good |
| Mary Baker Eddy | Founder of Christian Science |
| Covenant | A contract; the contract bw the Hebrews and their God, Yahwen |
| Conservative Judaism | A branch of Judism that attempts to blend the best of the old and new Judaism |
| Holocaust | The destruction of European Judaism by the Naziz; also known as the Shoah (Hebrew; extermination) |
| Reconstruction | A modern liberal branch of the Judaism that emphasizes the culteral aspects of Judaism |
| Talmud | An encyclopedia commentary of the Hebrew Scriptures |
| Zionism | The movement that has encouraged the creation and support of the nation of Isreal |
| Orishas | A general name for a deity in the Yoruba religion |
