Religious Texts
The Analects are the teachings and sayings of this famous "teacher".
Who is Confucius
This religion has no known founder or original prophet
What is Hinduism
This progressive branch of Judaism was formed in the 19th Century by Rabbi Abraham Geiger.
What is Reform Judaism
In Hinduism, this elephant-headed god is sort of the Hindu equivalent of St. Jude.
Who is Ganesha
Buddhists believe that this compassionate being is on the brink of Buddhahood, but foregoes Nirvana in order to help others achieve Buddhahood.
What is a Bodhisattva
The Torah makes up the first section of the Tanakh, the Book of Prophets, or Nevi'im, makes up the second section, and this makes up the third section.
What is Writings, or Ketuvim
He attained enlightenment, earning the title of Buddha and becoming The Buddha.
Who is Siddhartha Guatama
Founded in 1966, this rare Hindu proselytizing group, took the name ISKON, or International Society for ______________ Consciousness.
What is Krishna
In Judaism, the "ineffable tetragrammaton" refers to the abbreviation of this name of God
What is Yahweh
Muslims commemorate this woman when running between the Al-Safa and Al-Marwah hills during the Hajj.
Who is Hagar
This Gospel writer is also the main author of the book of Acts in the New Testament.
Who is Luke
This apostle, not Jesus, is often credited as being the founder of Christianity.
Who is Paul
Begun in 1545 at the Council of Trent, this movement was the Catholic response to the Reformation.
What is the Counter-Reformation
This is the number of names/attributes ascribed to Allah in Islamic belief.
What is 99
Taoists believe that this energy flows through the universe and through your body, giving you life.
What is Chi
This Rightly Guided Caliph is credited with overseeing a committee that collected and produced the accepted version of the Quran.
Who is Uthman
While Abraham gets most of the credit, this wife certainly played a part in beginning the lineage of Judaism when she bore Isaac.
Who is Sarah
This Spanish city, the last stronghold of Islam in Western Europe, was conquered by Isabel and Ferdinand in 1492.
What is Granada
In this early Christian heresy, Jesus was pure God and was not human at all; Jesus only gave the illusion of having a human body.
What is Docetism
Hindus believe there are four proper goals to life: Dharma, Moksha, Artha (material well-being) and this.
What is Kama
These Hindu texts mark the end of the Vedas and introduce the ideas of Karma and Dharma.
What are the Upanishads
Tradition holds that Lao-tzu, the founder of Daoism, was last seen doing this.
Began in the 600's in China, this Buddhist group focused on meditation became popularized for its contemplative practices in Japan.
What is Chan or Zen
In traditional Chinese religious belief, this is the supreme deity who rules over the heavenly realm.
Who is the Jade Emperor
In Buddhist belief, the 3 jewels of Buddhism are the Buddha, the Dharma and this.
What is the Sangha (community of monks)