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World Rel: Christ,Jew,Islam
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam for Dr. V's 2nd test
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
11/18/2009

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Term

 

 

Ali

Definition

cousin of Muhammad.

Islamic Cliphate.

Sunnie Muslims.

Rashidun.

Term

 

Ashura

Definition
A day of fasting and remembrance
Term

 

Hijab

Definition

headcovering for Muslim women.

modest dress

Term

 

Fatimah

Definition

Mus 1st wife

exmeplar for M&W

Term

 

Prophet

Definition

Regarded as having a role in society that promotes change due to message and actions

Term

5 Pillars

of Islam

Definition

Shahadah, Salah, Zakah, Sawm, Hajj

Term

 

Zakat

Definition

 

Tithing.

Charity.

Term
Ramadan
Definition

month of fasting.

teach modesty,patience & spirituality.

Prayer time.

 

Term

 

Caliph

Definition

 

leader of Umah (community)

commander of the faithful

Term

 

Abu Bakr

Definition

Mus fatherinlaw.

caliphate position.

1st Rashidun.

1st convert

Term

 

Hijrah

Definition

migration of Mu and followers to Medina.

Left b/cof assassin rumors

Term

 

Khadijah

Definition

1st wife of Mu

she didn't believe or worship idols

Term
Qur'an
Definition

 

central religious text of Islam.

Booke of divine guidance.

revealed by Gab

Term

 

Hadith

Definition

narrations originating from the words and deed of Mu.

impt tool to understand Quran.

islamic law  history

Term
Sunni
Definition
largest Denom
Term
Shi'a
Definition
2nd largest denom
Term
Sufi
Definition

inner, mystical dimenstion of Islam.

Reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God.

Term

 

Imam

Definition

an Islamic leadership position.

Leader of a mosque.

Lead prayers

Term

 

Aisha

Definition

3rd wife of Mu.

"Mother of the Believers"

source of many hadith, sacred traditions about Mus life

Term

 

Sunnah

Definition

habit of Mu.

words, actions & pract

Term

 

Dervish

Definition

extreme poverty & austerity.

sources of widom, medicine, poetry & enlightenment.

beg to learn humility

Term

 

Jihad

Definition

religious duty of Muslims

"struggle"

striving in the way of Allah

Term

 

Ummah

Definition

 

nation.

community of believers

Term

 

Sawm

Definition

 

fasting regulated by Islamic jursiprudence

Term

 

Hajj

Definition

 

pilgrimage of Mecca/

largest pilgrimage.

5th pillr.

moral obligation

Term

 

Ka'bah

Definition

"cube" sacred site

pray toward it

buidling of Abraham.

 

Term

 

Shari'ah

Definition

"way" Islamic religious law.

legal framwork of religion.

day-to-day life

Term

 

Shahadah

Definition

Islamic creed.

declaration of belief in oneness of God.

acceptance of Mu.

Term

 

Muhammad

Definition

founder of the islam.

messenger and prophet God.

last law-bearer in series of prophets.

restorer to uncorrupted mono faith of Adam.

Term

 

Tanakh

Definition

Jewish Bible

torah prophets writing

Term

 

Orthodox

Definition

keep thing as they are.

retaing and fall lawas.

no need to integrate.

Term

 

Reform

Definition
envisioned Judaism as changing w/ the times
Term

 

Pentateuch

Definition

 

the torah. 5 books of Moses.

Gen. Ex. Lev. Num. Deut.

Term

 

Reconstructionist

Definition

Mordecai Kaplan.

progressively evoloving civil.

pro toward modernism.

Term

 

Talmud

Definition

record of discussions pretaining to jewish:

law ethics customs  history

Term

 

Gamara

Definition

 

rabbinical commentaries.

analysis of Mishnah

Term
Mishna
Definition

 

talmud rewritten

Term

 

conservative

Definition

a deliberately non-fundmt

positive attitude

 

Term

 

midrash

Definition

type of lit

exegesis= explanation of Bib

new ideas, from hints

"new" stories are given

Term
mordecai kaplan
Definition

a rabbi & essayist

founder of reconstructionist judaism

Term

 

shema

Definition

prayer.

impt part of the service.

fist and last words of prayer.

Term

 

hasidic

Definition

spirituality and joy

fundamental aspect of faith

Term
minyan
Definition

10 adults forming a jewish community

duty: public prayer

Term

 

mitzvah

Definition

commandment.

act of human kindness.

Term

 

Zionism

Definition
reestablishment of a homeland for the jewish people in palestine
Term
kosher
Definition
set of jewish dietary laws
Term
exegesis
Definition

critical explanation

of laws

Term

 

diaspora

Definition

 

any movement of a pop sharing common ethnic identity

Term

70 ce.

destruction of the 2nd temple

Definition
center of Jewish worship
Term

 

Halakah

Definition

collective body of Jewish religious law, bibical, talmudic and rabbinic

customs and traditions

Term

 

Moses

Definition

led ppl out of egypts

brout to Sinai.

recieved 10 commandments

Term

 

Abraham

Definition
 founding bibical patriarch
Term

 

shekinah

Definition

feminie noun for God's presence in the world.

interpreted: exegesis

 

Term
Sacrament
Definition
a visible sign of an invisible reality
Term

 

eucharist

Definition
the lord's supper
Term
paul
Definition

saul, persecuted church, vision, converts.

preached to gentiles.

jewish law no b/c christ

Term
transubstantiation
Definition
symbol of bread and wine = body and blood of christ
Term

 

hermeneutics

Definition
interpretation of the scriptures
Term

 

annunciation

Definition
the revelation of Mary by Gab that she will conceive the SOG
Term
Virgin Birth
Definition
Mary miraculously conceived Jesus while remaining a virgin
Term

 

Synoptic

Definition

3 Gospels in NT

mat mark & luke.

very similar.

Term

 

Gospels

Definition

describes the life of Jesus.

 

Term

 

indulgences

Definition

pay for seasons.

catholic church.

Term

 

protestant reformation

Definition

reform movemnt

protestanttism

martin luther 95 theses

Term

 

Gentile

Definition

impt emperor

legal status to christianity

edict of Milan 313.

outlaws pagan rites.

Nicene Creed

Term

 

Martin Luther

Definition

 

initiated PR

95 theses

confronted indulgence

Term

 

John Calvin

Definition

 

Christian theology

calvinism.

apologetcs.

presbyterian church.

Term

 

Parables

Definition
illustrates a moral or religious lesson
Term

 

Pentecost

Definition

reception of HS

spoke all languages

heard everything in own lang

Term

 

Pope John XXIII

Definition
Term

 

Pope Gregory I

Definition
Term

 

Francis of Assisi

Definition
Term

 

Beatitudes

Definition

blessings from Jesus recorded in Sermon of Mnt

meek.merciful. pure of heart. peacemaker

Term

 

Ascension

Definition
the belief in some religions that there are certain rare individuals that have ascended  w/o dying 1st
Term

 

Nicene Creed

Definition

Council.

1st ecumenical council.

doctrine of development

creed= profession of faith

Term

 

Diet of Worms

Definition

general assembly who addressed Martin Luther

effects PR

Term

 

Orthodoxy

Definition

Right belief.

One God.

Jesus Christ.

Resurrection.

Term

 

Orthopraxy

Definition

Right practice/conduct.

'LOVE the lord and neighbor'

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