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| The attempt to analyze and critically evaluate religious beliefs |
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| A method of approaching philosophical problems through analysis of the terms in which they are expressed, associated with Anglo-American philosophy of the early 20th century |
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| The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, cause, identity, time, and space. |
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| The theory of knowledge, esp. with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. |
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| A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values |
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| The practice of forming or pursuing ideals, esp. unrealistically |
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| A philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted |
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| The study of the nature of God and religious belief |
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| The view that the Universe (Nature) and God are identical. Do not believe in a personal, anthropomorphic or creator god. |
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| The doctrine that knowledge depends on faith or revelation |
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| A theory or doctrine that denies the existence of a distinction or duality in some sphere, such as that between matter and mind, or God and the world |
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| A religious conception that human individuals or groups have a symbolic or spiritual connection with particular natural species, objects, or phenomena. |
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| a set of views about the relationship between mind and matter, which begins with the claim that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical. |
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| A theory or system that recognizes more than one ultimate principle |
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| a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will |
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| a belief in the magical power of an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others |
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| Belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to the intellect, may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender |
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