The acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters.
What is an Absolutist.
100
Is the view that is impossible to know with certainty about the existence of the sacred.
What is Agnosticism.
100
A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
What is Allegory?
100
The belief that there is no deity.
What is Atheism?
100
Encounters with the supreme, unseen, or ultimate reality.
What is Awakening?
200
A religion that devotes more energy to preserving the outer.
What is Charisma?
200
A field of religious studies that analyzes the similarities and differences of themes, myths, rituals and concepts among the world's religions.
What is Comparative Religion?
200
Religious concepts of intentional divine creation of all life forms.
What is Creationism?
200
A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.
What is Dogma?
200
A term for encounters with the supreme, unseen or ultimate reality.
What is Enlightenment?
300
Religious authorities claim that they worship the one true Deity and that all others are pagans or nonbelievers.
What is Exclusivism?
300
A form of Protestant Christianity that upholds belief in the strict and literal interpretation of the Bible.
What is Fundamentalism?
300
Encounters with the supreme, unseen, or ultimate reality.
What is Gnosis?
300
A person believing in or practicing religious heresy.
What is a Heretic?
300
Present in the world.
What is Immanent?
400
That sacred reality can be manifested in human form or events.
What is Incarnation?
400
Movement holds that scientific discoveries may be seen as proving the existence of an Intelligent Designer.
What is Intelligent Design?
400
Tradition which embraces the theological diversity of a congregation rather than a single creed.
What is a Liberal?
400
Abstract theory or talk with no basis in reality.
What is Metaphysics?
400
Ultimate reality is worshiped as a single being.
What is Monotheism?
500
The experience of direct perception of truth, beyond the senses.
What is Mysticism?
500
Symbolistic stories that explain the universe and peoples place in it.
What is a Myth?
500
Conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved.
What is Orthodox?
500
An approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience.
What is Phenomenology?
500
If a religion maintains that there are multiple attributes and forms of the divine.