World Religion Vocabulary Quiz

A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process

A creation story which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world.

Transmission of beliefs from generation to generation.

Willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions that one does not necessarily agree with.

The promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.

Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

Insight, understanding, awareness, wisdom.

The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

Relating to or between different religions or members of different religions.

A person's standards of behavior concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.

The belief in or worship of more than one god.

The sum of a person's actions now decides their fate in the future.

A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

The cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.