Terminology 1
The belief that there is no God.
What is atheism?
This is the world's largest religion.
What is Christianity?
This test is used to determine whether a law violates the separation of church and state.
What is the Lemon Test?
This is the oldest of the three major faiths.
What is Judaism?
A deep belief or trust in something without concrete evidence or proof.
What is faith?
The belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
Islam was founded in this year.
What is 610 AD?
This document was written by the Pilgrims in 1620 to lay our their vision for the new world.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The current Middle East crisis is between the Jews and this group.
Who are the Palestinians?
A set of beliefs in ultimate reality connected to worship, a sacred text, symbols, and culture.
What is religion?
The belief that life's questions can be answered apart from religious beliefs.
What is secularism?
The most holy book in the Jewish tradition.
What is the Torah?
This person is responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
A group of people displaced from their homeland and scattered around the world.
What is a diaspora?
Regardless of context or culture, there are universal codes of conduct that apply to all people and cultures.
What is Cultural Universalism?
A subdivision within a religion that has its own distinctive beliefs and/or practices.
What is a sect?
The three major world religions agree on this theological figure.
Who is Abraham?
This person disagreed with Thomas Jefferson and believed that religion entities should be financially supported by the government.
Who is Patrick Henry?
A religious leader in the Islamic faith.
What is an imam?
The belief that there are no moral absolutes in what is right or wrong.
What is cultural relativism?
The belief that spirits inhabit natural objects and forces of nature.
What is animism?
John 14:6
The religious name of the slave ship owned by John Dawkins between 1562 and 1568.
What is the Good Ship Jesus?
This Muslim sect is the majority and believed that the successor of Muhammad should be appointed by election, not from his family.
Who are the Sunnis?
The belief that diversity and multiple perspectives co-existing in a society is beneficial.
What is pluralism?