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Religion In America
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Contemporary Catholic and Judiasm, Jehovah's Witnesses, Lakota, Hopi, and Wintu
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
12/15/2010

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islam
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peace through submission
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muhammad
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islam; Mecca/Saudi Arabia "seal"
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Qur'an
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koran; Islamic writings
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allah
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islam; god
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ramadan
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islam; gabriel appeared to Muhammad; month of fasting
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5 pillars
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islam; shahada, salat, zakat, sawm/siyam, hajj
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shahada
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islam; declaration of faith
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salat
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islam; prayer
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adhaan
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islam; call to prayer
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zakat
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islam; alms giving/donations
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sawm/siyam
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islam; fast
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hajj
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islam; pilgrimage to Mecca
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year of restrictions
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1924
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noble drew ali
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moorish science temple
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nation of islam
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religion for black superiority; started by elijah muhammad
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wallace d fard
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taught elijah muhammad
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malcolm x
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founded a noi mosque
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restrictions lifted
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1965
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watch set to time of prayer
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islam; when far from call to prayer
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sanatana dharma
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hindu; rules that uphold universe eternal religion
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shruti
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hindu; vedas; scripture
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vedas
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hindu; sacred knowledge
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rita
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hindu; course of things
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brahman
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hindu; ultimate essence
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attman
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hindu; innermost self of a human being
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trimurti
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Hindu trinity
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the trinity
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hindu; brahman=brahma+vishnu+shiva
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brahma
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hindu; the creator
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vishnu
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hindu; preserver
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shiva
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hindu; destroyer
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nirguna
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hindu; without qualities
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saguna
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hindu; with qualities
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maya
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hindu; world is an illusion
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avidya
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hindu; ignorant of true nature
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karma
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hindu; action, consequence, cause and effect
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samsara
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hindu; cycle of birth>death>rebirth
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moksha
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hindu; break the cycle with self-realization
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marga
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hindu; path
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jhana yoga
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hindu; path of knowledge
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karma yoga
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hindu; path of selfless service
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bhakti yoga
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hindu; path of devotion
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yoga
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hindu; to join
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pu-tai
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buddhist; chinese monk
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tipitaka
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buddhist; scripture; three baskets; in Pali
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sutta pitaka
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buddhist; monastic rules
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abhidhamma pitaka
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buddhist; commentaries
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siddhartha gautama
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buddha; born in Nepal
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the story of Malunkaputta
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buddhist; arrow
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the 4 noble truths
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buddhist; suffering, cause, eliminated, way to eliminate
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way to eliminate suffering
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buddhist; eliminate ignorance
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noble eightfold path
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buddhist; wisdom, ethical conduct, mental discipline
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wisdom
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buddhist; right views, intentions
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ethical conduct
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buddhist; speech, action, livelihood
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mental discipline
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buddhist; effort, mindfulness, concentration
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goal
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buddhist; bodhi - enlightenment
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nabanna/nirvana
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buddhist; "to be extinguished"; highest kind of enlightenment
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three masks of existence
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buddhist; suffering, impermanence, no-self
(dukkha, anicca, anatta)
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person
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buddhist; changing process; series of 5 aggregates
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3 roads to americanization
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catholic; 2 wws; protestant, catholic, jew - Will Herberg; reputation for social responsibility and public leadership
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little conflict after
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catholic; JFK for prez, second vatican council
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encyclical humanae vitae
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catholic; condemned contraceptives
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our lady of charity
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catholic; mat. art. cuban patron saint - bring back to homeland
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rise of zionism
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jew; construction of a jewish state
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anti-semite
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jew; henry ford
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creation of state of israel
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jew; 1948
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statue of liberty menorah
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jew; hanukkah made important in America due to proximity to Christmas
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Jehovah's witnesses
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christian
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jw don't?
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holidays, receive blood, salute to flag, serve in army
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jw believe
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garden of eden on earth, after armageadon
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lakota
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devil's tower
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hopi
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si papuni Grand Canyon; no treaty or war to lose land
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wintu
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spring and mountain
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