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| Cosmology | The understanding of the nature of the universe. |
| Empathy | The capacity for seeing things from another's perspective, and an important methodological approach for studying religions. |
| Ethics | A dimension of religion that deals with how we are to act while living in the world. |
| Faith | Experience of the divine or holy presence, sometimes involving intellectual belief and sometimes emphasizing personal trust. |
| Monotheism | The belief in only one god. |
| Mysticism | A category of religious experiences characterized by communing or uniting with the divine through inward contemplation. |
| Myth | A stoy (often recorded in scripture) that tends to answer questions of origins and serves as a source of sacred truth. |
| Pantheism | The belief that the divine reality exists in everything. |
| Polytheism | The belief in many gods. |
| Revelation | The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings, typically through myths or some form of religious experience. |
| Ritual | Formal worship practice, often based on the reenactment of a myth. |
| Transcendence | The overcoming of the normal limitations imposed by the human condition, whether temporarily or abidingly. |
