Judaism
This is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the "Teaching" or "Law."
What is the Torah?
This Greek word meaning “anointed one” is the origin of the term “Christian.”
What is Christos?
The two largest branches of Islam are Sunni and this group, who trace leadership through the Prophet’s family.
Who are the Shia?
In 1978, over 900 followers of this leader died in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana, an event often associated with “drinking the Kool-Aid.”
Who is Jim Jones?
The concept of tikkun olam encourages Jews to engage in acts that help “repair” or improve this.
What is the world?
These four books tell the story of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection, and are usually called the Gospels.
What are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
In 622 CE, Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to this city, marking the start of the Islamic calendar.
What is Medina?
This new religious movement, founded by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s, teaches that spiritual beings called “thetans” can achieve liberation through practices like auditing.
What is Scientology?
In 70 CE, the destruction of this central institution by the Romans transformed Jewish religious life, shifting emphasis to prayer, study, and the synagogue.
What is the Second Temple?
In 1517, this German monk nailed 95 theses to a church door, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
These collections of sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad serve as a major source of Islamic law and practice, alongside the Qur’an.f
Elijah Mohammad, who mentored Malcolm X before his own assassination in 1975, started this group and made it into a major religious and political movement.
What is the Nation of Islam?
This 12th-century philosopher and legal scholar wrote The Guide for the Perplexed.
Who is Maimonides?
This 1925 trial in Tennessee put a high school teacher in court for teaching evolution, highlighting tensions between fundamentalist Christianity and modern science.
What is the Scopes Monkey trial?
Founded in Egypt in 1928, this movement sought to integrate Islam with modern political life and became highly influential across the Muslim world.
What is the Muslim Brotherhood?
Followers of this religion regard Ethiopian emperor Hailie Selassie to be a godly messianic figure.
What is Rastafarianism?
This body of Jewish law, commentary, and tradition was compiled after the destruction of the Second Temple and guides Jewish life to this day.
What is the Talmud?
This Baptist pastor and televangelist founded the Moral Majority in 1979, mobilizing conservative Christians into a powerful political force.
Who is Jerry Falwell?
Passed in 2017, this Quebec law banned people from wearing face coverings, such as the niqab, while giving or receiving public services, sparking debates over secularism and religious freedom.
What is Bill 62?
Members of this UFO-based religious group committed mass suicide in 1997, believing their souls would ascend to a spacecraft behind the Hale-Bopp comet.
What is Heaven's Gate?