Sacred & Secular
This is the name for someone who denies the existence of a god, supreme being, or higher power.
What is an atheist?
This is the name of the Holy Book in Islam.
What is the Quran?
This term describes a person who believes in the existence of only one God.
What is a monotheist?
This German Catholic monk "nailed it" when he posted theological theses for debate in 1517 AD that later led to a new branch of Christianity.
Who is Martin Luther?
The established Church of England was first planted in America under an old sail from the ship that brought settlers to this settlement in Virginia in 1607.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
"I'm not religious, but I'm _________," is an increasingly-popular response to religious identification in modern America.
What is spiritual?
Jews, Christians, and Muslims utilize this particular section of the the Holy Bible.
What is the Old Testament?
This term refers to an official written statement of the beliefs of a religious group.
What is a creed?
This king changed his religious affiliation in order to change wives, and created a new church for his kingdom in the process.
Who is King Henry the VIII?
This religion, characterized by its use of Arabic, was imported into America beginning in the 17th Century with the Africans who were trafficked by slave traders.
What is Islam?
This is the name for someone who believes we cannot know whether God exists or not or who believes we can know nothing about God.
What is an agnostic?
This handbook of basic teachings of a religion derives its name from an ancient educational practice of echoing the teacher's words.
What is a catechism?
This term describes the official collection of individual books that make up the Holy Book for a particular denomination.
What is the canon?
This king authorized the Presbyterian Church to become the established church in Scotland, then also became king over the established church in England.
Who is King James VI of Scotland aka King James I of England?
This leader of a Puritan settlement in America remains prominent today because of his famous sermon, which painted the colony in Biblical terms as a "City on a Hill."
Who is William Bradford?
This is the willingness to grant basic civil liberties to members of a different faith group regardless of how one feels about that other faith.
What is tolerance?
This holy book, published in 1830, purportedly was translated from hieroglyphics inscribed on golden plates that had been discovered in New York.
What is the Book of Mormon?
Nonordained members of a religious organization or the “people of the pews” are called collectively by this name.
What is the laity?
This Christian denomination was first planted in the Netherlands by Englishmen seeking freedom of conscience from the establishment church of England.
What is the Baptist Church?
This colonial founder is also acknowledged as the founder of the first Baptist Church in Colonial America.
Who is Roger Williams?
Professing a belief in God, along with participation in this public activity, determines the level of religious participation within a people group.
What is attend a religious service?
Derived from a term meaning "God's Word," this academic and churchly discipline focuses on the study of Holy Books.
What is theology?
This terms describes a religious ritual that involves speaking the Word of God upon a visible element and presenting it to the faithful to convey a blessing.
What is a sacrament?
Queen Christina of this nation sponsored the development of a colony in the Delaware River Valley of America and, with it, the first Lutheran Church in America.
What is Sweden?
This person, a "Friend" indeed, was the founder of the American colony that was open to settlers from all faiths.
Who was William Penn?