Chap 10-Religion
Humanities 101 with Larremore at Oral Roberts University
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Art of Being Human, The (9th Edition)
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agnostic
one who believes that we cannot know for sure whether God exists.
atheist
one who believes theat God cannot logically exist.
atman
in Hinduism, the individual soul that is part of a universial soul.
Brahma
in Hinduism, a godlike personification of the creative principle in the universe.
brahman
in Hinduism, the name given to the spiritual force that governs the universe; the universial soul.
buddah
Sanskrit term for "the awakended one" ; used in Hindu prophecies as a reference to a special being who comes along once in 25,000 years and attains enlightenment wothough having to be reborn; the Budda refers to Siddhartha Gautama, who taught that anyones is potentially able to do this
Buddhism
lifestyle, meditaion, practice, and religion based on the teaching of Buddha.
caste
in India, a social class, in Hinduism beliefe, determined by the moral quality of your previous life.
creatio ex nihilo
Latin phrase meaning "creation our of nothing" use in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to describe the universe that God made.
dharma
in Hinduism, the moral structure underlying existence; in Buddhism, the equivilent of braman, the universal soul; Chinese equibalent, Tao.
dialectic
the philosophical method used by Soctates. involving question and answer.
enlightenment
in Buddhism, the state achieved by the Buddha.
heresy
a belief held or statement made that challenged Christian teachings
Hinduism
-religion of India
-numerous deities
-reincarnation
Inquisition
high Christian court assembled beginning in the 13th century for the trial and sentencing of those convicted of heresy.
karma
in Hinduism, a moral summing up of one's deeds that determines where one will be in the next lifetime.
materialism
philosophy that says only matter is real
meditation
in buddhism, the practice of sitting until one achieves a state of detachment from ego
moksha
in hinduism, sanskrit term given to the state of eternal bliss achieved after having successfully gone through many rebirths
monotheism
religion based on one supreme god
polytheism
religion based on more than one god
pragmatism
an idea is measurable by experiment and practical outcome
predestination
augustinian belief that one's entire life, including moral and immoral choices, is already determined before birth; in calvinism, the belief that one is born either for salvation of damnation
shiva
hinduism, a personification of the principle of change, of destroying what brahma has created in order to make way for the new; the second god in the Hindu trinity
talmud
collection of writing that interpret the torah and provide clarification of biblical laws
tao
the moral order that rules the universe
thomism
name given to the logical system developed by aquinas, strongly influenced by aristotle, to prove the existence of GOd
torah
first five books of of the bible
unmoved mover
what aristotle called the force that always existed and was responsible for setting the entire universe in motion but was not in itself set it motion by anything preceding it.
vishnu
in hinduism, the principle that creates a balance between the need for permanence and the need for change.
wu wei
phrase used in taoism that translates as "to do without doing"; means that people who live their lives in tune with the moral order of the universe will always do the right thing
About this deck
By: Katie & Deidra dacosta
Textbook: Art of Being Human, The (9th Edition)
Created: 2010-12-02
Size: 32 flashcards
Views: 63
Textbook:
Art of Being Human, The (9th Edition)Created: 2010-12-02
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