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| belief that we do not know or cannot know God(or a god) exists - even if one does. |
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| belief in the widespread presence of souls or spirits which animate natural objects. |
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| belief that there is no supernatural being of any kind. |
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| a more or less official collection of writings regarded as authoritative. |
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| an interpretation of a text - often line by line - that appropriately explains its meaning. |
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1) belief and trust in the existence, power and benevolence of a supreme being
2) belief and trust in something for which there is no conclusive proof. |
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| Paul Tillich's phrase for the ultimate reality behind the metaphors of gods or supernatural forces around which a person orients his or her life and for which he/she is willing to live and die. |
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| set apart as a consequence of possession(besitz) of spiritual purity or transcendent value. |
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| Sacred is beyond this world. |
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| the ultimate nature or ultimate beingness of things. |
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1) from the Latin miraculum, meaning marvelous(phänomenal, erstaunlich) event which causes wonder
2) a supernatural suspension(Aufhebung) or alteration(Änderung/Wandel) of the laws of nature |
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| belief in one god having certain person-like characteristics. |
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| a religion oriented around experiences of union with God or ultimate reality. |
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| a story of larger-than-life characters and events which expresses values, meaning, and direction for human life. |
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unlimited power to do anything, or, unlimited power to do anything that is logically possible to do.
(e.g., it is logically impossible for God to create a rock heavier than he can lift). |
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knowledge of everything, or, knowledge of everything logically possible to know.
(e.g., some thinkers claim it is logically impossible for God to know how a free agent will choose) |
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| passing down, usually through many generation, of myths, narratives, poems, and the like by word of mouth |
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| belief that God and the universe are identical. |
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| using reason to seek and achieve wisdom about humankind and the world. |
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| belief in or worship of many gods. |
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1) Traditional meaning: a set of beliefs ad practices which express worship of God or other supernatural beings.
2) Non-traditional meaning> a set of beliefs and practices which express a person's "ultimate concern" or "Ground of Being" around which that person orients his/her life. |
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| set apart because of its supernatural or spiritual significance that which is ultimate and orders reality. |
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| not religious or sacred; worldly; connected with the ordinary world and its affairs. |
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| being above, beyond, or independent of ordinary experience and physical reality, and therefore sometimes considered incomprehensible to human reason. |
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Paul Tillich's phrase for what a person considers of supreme importance and around which that person orients his/her life - can express what a person, in practise, takes to be the Ground of Being. |
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