In TNR's , this being is still recognized, but has receded into the distant background and cannot be reached by ordinary people
What is the "creator god/high god?"
100
This caste of priest dominated early Hinduism by controlling the sacrifices and rituals of daily life and death
What is the Brahmin caste?
100
This group of Buddhists believe that only monks can acheive true enlightenment
What is Theravada?
100
In 1054, a disagreement over whether this word should be included in the Nicene Creed led to a split between Roman Catholic West and Orthodox East
What is filioque?
100
This black tent housed the pagan idols worshipped by many of the Bedouin tribes and a place of safety and trade; today, at the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca
What is the Ka'bah?
200
The idea that nature is controlled by this impersonal force or divine energy
What is mana or magic
200
This law of cause and effects means that all suffering is the result of good or bad behaviour and must be accounted for by moving up or down the caste ladder in successive reincarnations
What is Karma?
200
The experience of these things causes the prince, Siddartha, to renounce the royal lifestyle and seek the answer to life's riddle
What are the four sights?
200
A revival which included speaking in tongues and emotional repentance at the Azusa St. mission led to the beginning of this movement
What is Pentecostalism?
200
Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina after Khadija's death and the hostility of the people of Mecca
What is hijrah?
300
The belief/theory of religion that says religions go through stages, and that TNR belongs to a more primitive level
What is the Evolutionary theory of religion?
300
These texts are commentary on the Vedic texts, and are like a "New Testament" in Hinduism in a way; include the story of Arjuna and Krishna
What are the Upanishads?
300
The belief in Buddhism that there is no atman, no soul in person, but instead disintegration and nothingness after death
What is annatta?
300
Orthodox churches regard these works of sacred art as "windows to the divine world" and ways for worshippers to see into the Biblical story
What are icons?
300
This rigid, ascetic group of Arabian Islam scholars agreed to support the Saudi royal house in exchange for support of their strict, anti Western version of Islam
What is the Wahabbis/Wahabbism?
400
These respected elders and deceased persons are worshipped and regarded as having great influence over our daily lives in TNR
Who are "the ancestors?"
400
The endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth in Hinduism; inescapable unless a person achieves moksha
What is samsara
400
Persons who have achieved enlightenment can defer the state of nirvana and come back to help others get there; mainly in mahayhana Buddhism
What is a bodhisattva?
400
This author forsees major growth in global Christianity over the next 50 years and a distinctive form of Christian practice in the "global South"
Who is Philip Jenkins?
400
This, the last great Muslim empire and caliphate, collapsed after WWI in 1918, and led to a the USA, Britain and France moving into a number of Islam lands as colonial powers.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
The theory that all religion begin with the worship of one god, but has slowly degenerated into polytheism and paganism
What is 'original monotheism?"
500
The being/entity that takes in all reality, physical, human and spiritual; people ultimately rejoin it/this in the end
What is Brahman?
500
The head of Vajrayana Buddhism and in theory, the priest king of Tibet; No. 14 right now
What is the Dalai Lama?
500
In this Roman Catholic doctrine, the pope is never wrong when he speaks or teaches official church dogma
What is "papal infallibility?"
500
Atheism holds that God does not exist; agnosticism says we can't know whether God exists; this belief says that God's existence does not matter to most of everyday life , science and public activities; religion should be privave