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| Judaism, Christianity, and Islam al recognize the foundational importance of Abraham and God's Convenant with Abraham |
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| The Arabic word for "God" or "Diety" |
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| The statement or hostility agains the religion and theology of Judaism.this can further ANTI-SEMITISM |
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| The animus or hostility against the Jewish people, against the Jews as an ethnic group |
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| The solemn and tender bond that God established with the Israelites. "I will be your God. You will be my people" AKA "Jewish Convenant" or the "Mosaic Convenant" |
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| A 2000 Jewish statement on Christians and Christianity by the National Jewish Scholars Project. The Hebrew title means "Speak the Truth" |
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| Vatican II's endorsement of the ecumenical movement among Christians and a description of what this means from the catholic perspective (1964) |
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| Literally, "the killing of God." The charge that the Jewish People killed Jesus, and therefore are subjected to God's curse of "wandering" the earth without a homeland |
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| Dialogue and proclamation |
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| 1990. "Reflection and Orientation on Interreligious dialgoue and the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ." The text was written by the Vatican sponsored Pontifical Council for Inter-religious dial. |
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| The movement among christian unity |
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| discussions among christian churches aimed at overcoming the historical and theological disputes that have divided them. |
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| the spreading of the values of gospel of Jesus within one's culture. Evangelization-the evangelizing mission of the church--is multidimensional and takes a number of forms |
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| The theory that outside of the church there is no knowledge of God and no salvation from God. These exist only within the church. |
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| The Five Pillars of Islam |
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| 1)confession of faith 2)ritual prayer 5x a day 3)Charity/Almsgiving (big emphasis of taking care of the poor) 4) Ramadan Fasting 5)Pilgimage to Mecca |
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| The theory that goodness and knowledge of truth exist in non-christian religions in varying degrees and that this partial knowledge comes to completion though Christ/knowledge of God's revelation in Christ. Salvation is available to non-Christians through the grace of Christ received through an implicit faith in Christ. |
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| as distinguished from "ecumenical dialogue" a term that describes encounter among persons of different world religions. What we should understand"dialogue" to mean in the inter-religious context is itself a subject of discussion. |
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| Striving to submit oneself/one's lifestyle to Allah and his will. |
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| A guideline developed within the history of Christianity and Western Political philosophy for judging when it is morally acceptable/unacceptable for a nation to go to war and judging what conduct during war is morally acceptable/unacceptable. War is an evil and should be avoided, but it is morally permissible if certain criteria are met. |
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| the virtue by which one is disposed to will and to do the good of the other, even at ones own expense. |
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| Vatican II's declaration on the catholic church's relationship to non-christian religions (1965) |
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| The Islamic way of speaking about Jews and Christians, as followers of religions that are rooted in God's revelation expressed in the Scriptures/Bible ("the book"). It is an honorific title. |
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| Announcing/preaching the good news of salvation in Christ (in an explicit way). This is one dimension of the broader term "evangelization." Islam = peace of submission, peace in oneself with respect to neighbors and God. Submit to God's will. |
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| The theory that christian/biblical revelation does not provide an objective benchmark for evaluating the truth-claims of non-christian religions. There are two forms pluralism takes: 1-each religion offers a distinct, viable path to God; 2-religions are reducible to a common denominator and that their convergence represents the path to God. |
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| Evangelization that is carried out in a coercive way.An illegitimate form of evangelization. |
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| "Arabic for 'recitation' or 'proclamation.' Islam's sacred text, believed to be perfectly preserved, unmediated revelation directly from God" (to muhammad) |
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| Christ (the word of God) and his grace were planted and active in the hearts of people prior to Christ's incarnation and prior to the institution/ establishment of the the Church. The 'seeds' are also present-post incarnation and post-church-in people and cultures to whom Christ has not been preached directly. |
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| The theological idea that the new covenant in Jesus replaces or makes superfluous the Jewish covenant; Judaism is superseded by Christianity |
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| The Hebrew word for the Holocaust of the Jews by the third Reich during the 1930's and 1940's |
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| The blending of particular teachings and religious practices of more than one religion. The term has a negative connotation. |
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| We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah |
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| 1998 Vatican document that reflected on the Holocaust of the Jews and addressed the question of whether and to what extent Christians contributed to the rise of Nazism or failed to do enough to stop the Holocaust |
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