Transcript Religion Vocabulary

Religion Vocabulary
Altar
a place of worship or home for sacred things
(offerings to God) to be kept on display
Atonement
• reconciliation with God "forgiveness"
Bar or Bat Mitzvah
In Judaism, the rite of passage into adulthood.
Translated, it means "Son or Daughter of the
Covenant". There is a ceremony when the boy
or girl reads from the Torah for the first time.
Brahman
a Hindu God, considered the protector of the
world
Yoga
increase unity
between the self
and God
crucifixion
The method by
which Jesus was
killed. He was
nailed to a cross
until death.
Covenant
-A Jewish belief
-A solemn agreement between God and
Abraham
deity
God or other sacred beings
disciple
a follower of a particular religion or leader
Enlightenment
• clarifying
information
• the highest
level of
understanding
Guru
• In Hinduism or
Sikhism, a
religious leader
or guide
------ Ganesh
(Gaurded Paravati’s
house while Shiva
was off fighting
war. When Shiva
came back he was
denied entry and
he cut off Ganesh’s
head. Paravati was
angry. He replaced
it with the head of
an elephant.
Idol
a symbol or picture
that is believed to
have sacred powers
Koran
• The holy book
of Islam.
• It is important
in Islam to
memorize as
much as
possible of the
Koran.
Meditation
• emptying the mind of thoughts, or
concentration on just one thing
Messiah
Someone treated as a
savior of a country, a
religion, or a group of
people
Monestary
A building or area in which a group of people
observing a religion lives together
Monotheism
the belief that there is one God
(Christianity, Judaism, Islam)
mosque
a building in which Muslims worship
Nirvana
Release from the
cycle of birth
and rebirth
persecution
• the subjecting of a
group of people to
cruel or unfair
treatment because
of their beliefs
Pilgrimage
a literal or
symbolic
journey to a
holy place.
Torah
The Jewish holy
book
The Torah is
written by hand
on scrolled paper
and kept in the
Ark in a
synagogue.
Polytheism
belief in more than one God.
Reincarnation
The belief that
humans are in an
endless lifecycle of
birth and death.
Synagogue
A building for worship for the Jewish religion.
(a major community-gathering place)