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| religion | An organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, practices, and worship that center on one supreme god. |
| deity | a god or goddess; higher power |
| monotheism | belief in one deity |
| polytheism | belief in many deities |
| theism | belief in a higher power |
| agnostic | undecided; the existence of a deity cannot be proven or disproved. |
| atheistic | Belief that there is/are no deity/ies |
| cult | a group of people who follow the teachings of a leader |
| Yahweh | God; "He who must not be names" |
| Abraham | the father of three religions; a prophet |
| Canaan | the land in Phoenicia promised to Abraham and his descendents in the covenent with Yahweh |
| Jesus | traveled around Palastine teaching people about God |
| Bethlehem | where Jesus was born |
| Nazereth | where Jesus was raised |
| messiah | sameone who would save them; savior |
| Christ | from the Greek Christos meaning messiah |
| crucified | executed on the cross |
| resurrection | rising from the dead |
| Pax Romana | a period of 200 years of peace established by Augustus |
| Siddhartha Gautama | a weathy prince who later came to be known as the Buddha |
| Buddha | "enlightened one" |
| karma | the sum of good and bad deeds over the course of a lifetime. |
| reincarnation | the cycle of rebirth and death |
| nirvana | “heaven”; release from the cycle of rebirth |
| Hindu | means "Indian" |
| caste | social class system determined by birth |
| samsara | the Hindu cycle of karma and reincarnation |
| moksha | the release from the cycle of samsara |
| Brahma | the Hindu god of Creation |
| Vishnu | The Hindu god of preservation |
| Shiva | The Hindu god of destruction |
| Brahman | The ultimate supreme god in Hinduism |
| Confucius | Chinese teacher and philosopher; K'ung Fu-tzu |
| Taoism | a religion founded by Lao-Tzu, which includes the ideas ofculture, nature, right actions and language, and mysticism |
| Tao Te Ching | one of the scriptures of Taoism |
| Shinto | one of the world's oldest religions, which includes the ideas of nature, ancestor worship, and cleanliness. |
| kami | "divine spirits" |
| Golden Rule | universal code of content present in all the major world religions |
