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Richard Wolf World Religions
Wolf Final
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/15/2011

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Jewish Prayer affirming God is one
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shema
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to struggle
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jihad
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key christian convert and missionary
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paul
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islamic law or list of do's and don'ts
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shari'a
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babylonians destroy fist jewish temple
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586 bc
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migration from mecca to medina
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hijra
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jesus is both fully human and fully divine
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incarnation
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romans destroy 2nd jewish temple
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70 ad
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division of islam with 85% of muslims
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sunni
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jewish "code of holy behavior"
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mishnah
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first five books of the hebrew scriptures
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pentateuch
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islamic holy site where muhammad was born
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mecca
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division of christianity led by 'sola scriptura'
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protestant
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container for 'tablets of the law'
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ark
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God's promise to Abraham
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covenant
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Christian baptism and communion
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sacraments
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site of the 'dome of the rock'
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jerusalem
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first christian pope
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peter
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hindu sacred scriptures
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vedas
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the book of changes
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i ching
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moral law of cause and effect
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karma
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ended arian heresy and unified all christians
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nicene creed
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division of islam with 15% muslims
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shia
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cycle of birth and rebirths
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samsara
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school of buddhism; imitating monasticism; strict
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theravada
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the main text of confucianism
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analects
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confucian virtue of self-control and compassion
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jen
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confucian virtue of perfect gentlemen/role model
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chun-tzu
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the idea of "effortlessness" or "without action"
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wu wei
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"The tao te ching"
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lao tzu
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school of buddhism; appeals to many lay people
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mahayana
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buddhist state of bluss; free from struggle
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nirvana
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hindu symbol of supreme reality
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aum
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zen buddhism's "realize your true nature"
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kensho
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release from constant cycle of births
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moksha
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chief devotional text of hinduism
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bhagavad gita
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trust your instincts; follow nature as your teacher
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taoism
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all is suffering
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buddhism
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hindu collection of spiritual hymns
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rig veda
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hindu word for one's soul
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atman
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