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First book of the Maccabees.

Deuterocanonical book which focuses on the Maccabean Revolt

A priori and a posteriori

Two types of knowledge, justification, or argument

French musical duo

Buddhist texts from the 3rd century BCE and later, containing reworkings of the Buddhist sutras

Hebrew patriarch according to the Hebrew Bible

Abrahamic religions

Group of religions that claim descent from the worship of the God of Abraham

Absolute (philosophy)

Concept of an ultimate being in philosophy

Process of generalisation

Greek mythological hero

Act utilitarianism

Flavour of utilitarianism

Acts of the Apostles

Book of the New Testament

First man according to the Abrahamic religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam

The first man and woman according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions

Mystical concept of a heavenly man or world

Customary law in Muslim regions

First call to prayer in Islam

Respect, reverence, strong admiration or devotion in a certain person, place, or thing

Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology

Principal pantheon in Norse mythology

Philosophical study of art and beauty

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Predominantly African-American Protestant denomination

Continued existence after death

Figure from Greek mythology

Greco-Christian term referring to a type of love

Ballistic missile, India

View that the existence of any deity is unknown or unknowable

Nonviolence, one of the cardinal virtues of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism

Religious concept

Term referring to the family of Muhammad

Personification of the "destructive spirit" in Zoroastrianism

Highest deity of Zoroastrianism

The afterlife and resurrection in Islam

Mystical religious minority

Arabic word for God

Allegory of the cave

Allegory by Plato

Alpha and Omega

Christian symbol, first and last letters of the Greek alphabet

Structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes

Goddess of the sun in Shinto

Religious declaration of affirmation

American philosophy

Activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States

Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships

Celestial Buddha of Mahayana Buddhism

Ancient Egyptian god

Christian movement

Analytic philosophy

20th-century tradition of Western philosophy

African folktale character, totem of wisdom and stories

Non-self, a key concept in Buddhism

Ancient Celtic religion

Religion practiced by ancient Celtic people

Ancient Egyptian religion

Ancient Greek philosophy

Philosophical origins and foundation of western civilization

Ancient Greek religion

Religion in ancient Greece

Ancient Mesopotamian religion

Religious beliefs and practices of ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient philosophy

Philosophy in the ancient world

Ancient Semitic religion

Polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples

Andromeda (mythology)

Aethiopian princess in Greek mythology

Supernatural being in religions and mythologies

Angels in Christianity

Study of angels in Christianity

Angels in Islam

Angels in Islamic tradition

Angels in Judaism

Supernatural beings that appear in Jewish texts

Practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England

Religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

Anointing of the sick

Religious anointing/sacrament

Babylonian deity

Anthropocentrism

Position that human beings are the central species, or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human perspective

A figure in the Bible prophesied as antagonist to Christ at the end time

Anti-clericalism

Opposition to religious authority

Opposition to theism, and usually to religion

Ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites

Ancient Egyptian deity

Ancient Greek goddess of love

Apocalyptic literature

Genre of prophetical writing

Greek god of music, prophecy and healing

Religious discipline of systematic defence of a position

Formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion

Apostles' Creed

Early statement of Christian belief

Practical application of moral considerations

Islamic term for denominational practice or theology

Layer of texts within the Vedas dealing with detailed instructions for rituals

Arba'in pilgrimage

Pilgrimage to Imam Hussein shrine

Second-lowest rank of angel

Archbishop of Canterbury

Senior bishop of the Church of England

Ancient Greek god of war

Heroes in Greek mythology, companions of Jason

Attempt to persuade or to determine the truth of a conclusion

Christological doctrine attributed to Arius

Ideological systems of an esoteric nature, pioneered by Guido von List and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels

Aristotelian ethics

Attempt to offer a rational response to the question of how humans should best live

Aristotelianism

Tradition in philosophy

According to the Book of Revelation, the site of a battle during the end times

Armenian Apostolic Church

National church of Armenia

Protestant theological movement

Asatru Folk Assembly

American white supremacist organization

Lifestyle of frugality and abstinence of various forms, often for spiritual goals

Location in Norse Mythology

Sunni Islamic creed

Ancient Semitic goddess

Association of Shinto Shrines

Religious administrative organization that oversees Shinto shrines in Japan

Astral projection

Controversial interpretation of out-of-body experiences

Astrological sign

Twelve 30° sectors of the ecliptic, as defined by Western astrology

Pseudoscience claiming celestial objects influence human affairs

Ancient Egyptian god

Islamic sunni theologic branch

Absence of belief in the existence of deities

Goddess of wisdom and war in ancient Greek religion and mythology

Fictional island in Plato's works, now a synonym for supposed prehistoric lost civilizations

Atlas (mythology)

Deity in Greek mythology who held up the heavens or sky

Ātman (Hinduism)

Hindu concept for inner self, spirit or soul

Natural philosophy

American biotechnology company

Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology

Ritual and traditional history of the Indigenous peoples of Australia

Australian National University

National research university in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Avalokiteśvara

Buddhist bodhisattva embodying the compassion of all buddhas

Material appearance or incarnation of a deity on earth in Hinduism

Zoroastrian compendium of sacred literature

The world center in some religions and philosophies, as the connection between Heaven and Earth

Verse of the Qur'an

South Indian dharmic belief system

Religion of the Aztecs

Sufi order in Islam

Baháʼí Faith

Religion established in the 19th century

Hindu god and brother of Krishna

Female spirit in Irish mythology

Christian rite of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water

Denomination of Protestant Christianity

Buddhist Concept

Tibetan Book of the Dead

Loa of Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo and folk beliefs

Type of building in classical and church architecture

Legendary reptile in European mythology

Characteristic that provides pleasure or satisfaction

Biblical creature

Dervish order with Balkan origins

Subjective attitude that something is true

The primary holy scripture for Hinduism

Bhagavata Purana

Sanskrit Hindu text, one of the eighteen major Puranas, story of Krishna

Singing of poems or hymns in Indian traditions

Spiritual path in Hinduism focused on devotion

Ordained female Buddhist monastic

Collection of religious texts in Judaism and Christianity

Biblical apocrypha

Collection of ancient books found in some editions of Christian Bibles

Set of texts which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture

Biblical hermeneutics

Study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible

Alleged North American creature

Binah (Kabbalah)

Third sephira on the kabbalistic Tree of Life

Biocentrism (ethics)

Ethical point of view that extends inherent value to all living things

Study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine

Ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy

Worldwide Muslim gathering in Bangladesh

Protestant churches that currently or historically have ministered to predominantly black congregations in the United States

Magic used for evil and selfish purposes

Islamic relic at the Kaaba in Mecca

Insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or sacred person or thing

Rite that should bring persons or property share in divine power or grace

In Mahayana Buddhism, mind that strives toward awakening, empathy, and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings

Buddhist term for aspirant to enlightenment

Mythological antagonist

Tibetan religion

Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible in some Christian traditions.

Book of the Bible

Book of Deuteronomy

Fifth book of the Torah and Christian Old Testament

Book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament

Second book of the Torah and the Old Testament

Book of Ezekiel

Book of the Bible

Book of the Bible

Book of Genesis

First book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament

Book of the Bible

Book of Jeremiah

Book of the Bible

Book of the Bible

Sixth book of the Bible

Seventh book of the Bible

Deuterocanonical (apocryphal) book of Christian scripture

Book of Lamentations

Book of the Bible

Book of Leviticus

Third book of the Bible

Sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement

Book of Nehemiah

Book of the Bible

Book of Numbers

Fourth book of five featured In the Bible

Book of Proverbs

Book of the Bible

Book of Revelation

Last book of the New Testament

Book of the Bible

One of the Deuterocanonical books

Deuterocanonical (apocryphal) book of Christian scripture

Jewish work written in Greek generally dated to the mid-first century BC

Books of Chronicles

Final books of the Hebrew Bible

Books of the Bible

Books of Samuel

Books of the Bible

Evangelical Christian term

Creator god in Hinduism

Metaphysical concept, unchanging Ultimate Reality in Hinduism

Layer of Hindu text within the Vedas

Four virtues In Buddhist ethics and meditation practice

Hindu reform movement

Goddess of pre-Christian Ireland

Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony

Buddhist concept of inherent nature or potential of Buddhahood

Dharmic religion

Buddhism in the West

The history and demographics of Buddhism in the West

Buddhist canons

Buddhist canonical collection

Buddhist meditation

Practice of meditation in Buddhism

Buddhist monasticism

Monastery tradition

Buddhist philosophy

Elaboration and explanation of the delivered teachings of the Buddha

Mythical creature from Aboriginal mythology

Ritual act of placing a dead person into the ground

Platform or wooden cabinet that enclose and protect a gohonzon, statue or painting of a buddha or bodhisattva, or other Buddhist religious icon

The first sons of Adam and Eve in the Bible

Castle and court associated with King Arthur

Canaanite religion

Group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites

A syncretic religion from Brazil

Vietnamese monotheistic syncretic religion

Cardinal virtues

Virtues of mind and character

Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda)

Figure in Greek mythology; queen of Aethiopia and wife of king Cepheus

Castor and Pollux

Greek mythical siblings

Christian church that is the seat of a bishop

Catholic Church

Largest Christian church, led by the Pope

Beliefs and practices widely accepted by those that describe themselves as Catholic

How one process influences another

State of voluntary sexual abstinence

Celtic Christianity

Christianity in the Celtic-language speaking world during the early Middle Ages

Celtic Otherworld

Realm of the deities in Celtic mythology

Place of burial

Centaur Technology

Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology

Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism

Creature in European folklore

Chaos (cosmogony)

Void state preceding creation

Christian place of prayer and worship

Charismatic Christianity

Form of Christianity

Charity (Christian virtue)

Theological virtue

Ferryman of Hades in Greek-Roman mythology

An ancient school of Indian materialism

Jewish sages of the Mishna, Tosefta and Talmud eras

One of the heavenly beings who directly attend to God according to Abrahamic religions

4th of the 10 sephirot

Symbol with X and P together, representing Christ

Chimera (mythology)

Mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals

Chinese Buddhism

Buddhism with Chinese characteristics

Legendary creature in Chinese mythology

Chinese folk religion

Indigenous Han religion

Chinese mythology

Myths and practices of the Chinese people

Chinese philosophy

Type of philosophy

Lunar calendar classifications

Sufi order in Islam

Tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe in ancient China

Biblical Hebrew word; 2nd of the 10 sephirot

Christian cross

Symbol of Christianity

Christian culture

Cultural practices common to Christianity

Christian deism

Philosophy of religion

Christian denomination

Identifiable Christian body with common name, structure, and doctrine

Christian eschatology

Branch of study within Christian theology

Christian ethics

Branch of theology that defines virtuous and sinful behavior from a Christian perspective

Christian liturgy

Pattern for worship used by a Christian congregation or denomination

Christian mission

Organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith

Christian monasticism

Christian devotional practice

Christian mysticism

Mystical practices and theory within Christianity

Christian mythology

Body of myths associated with Christianity

Christian pacifism

Christian refusal of violence

Christian philosophy

Development in philosophy that is characterised by coming from a Christian tradition

Christian prayer

Activity in Christianity

Christian Science

American new religious movement

Christian symbolism

Use of symbols, including archetypes, acts, artwork or events, by Christianity

Christian views on marriage

Perspective of Christianity regarding marriage

Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

Adherents of Christianity

Chronology of Jesus

Timeline of the life of Jesus

Chthonic deities

Deities or spirits of the underworld

Legendary creature; first purported sighting in Puerto Rico

Church (building)

Building used for Christian religious activities

Church (congregation)

Christian religious organization meeting at a particular location

Christian music written for performance in church

Church of England

Anglican church in England

Formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building

Civil naming ceremony

Non-religious ceremony at the occasion of the birth or naming of a child

College of Cardinals

Body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church

1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine

Companions of the Prophet

Companion, disciple, scribe or family members of prophet Muhammad

Comparative mythology

Comparison of myths from different cultures

Comparative religion

Systematic comparison of the world's religions

Mental representation or an abstract object

Conceptions of God

Christian religious practice

Chinese ethical and philosophical system

Congregationalism

Religious denomination

Cognitive process that elicits emotion and rational associations based on an individual's moral philosophy or value system

Consequentialism

Ethical theory based on consequences

Conservative Judaism

Jewish religious movement

Contemporary philosophy

Current period in the history of Western philosophy

Continental philosophy

Philosophical traditions from mainland Europe

Continental Reformed Protestantism

Reformed church originating in continental Europe

Contingency (philosophy)

Possible truths which are not necessary

(Christian) religious concept; repentance for sins one has committed

Conversion to Judaism

Religious conversion of non-Jews to become members of the Jewish religion and Jewish ethnoreligious community

Coptic Orthodox Church

Christian denomination based in Egypt

Common motif in mythology and cosmogony

Cosmological argument

Argument for the existence of God

Covenant (biblical)

A religious covenant that is described in the Bible.

Coyote (mythology)

Mythological character

Symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it

Creation science

Claim that the Genesis creation narrative has validity as science

Religious belief that nature originated through supernatural acts of divine creation.

Deity considered to be responsible for the creation of the universe

Statement of belief

Final disposition of a dead body through burning

Critical thinking

The analysis of facts to form a judgment

Criticism of Christianity

Criticism of the doctrines and practices of Christianity

Criticism of Islam

Criticism of religion

Mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia

Image of Jesus on the cross

Crucifixion of Jesus

Event described in the four canonical gospels

Stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault

Subculture and pseudoscience asserting the existence of folklore creatures

Irish mythological hero

Cult (religious practice)

Devotion to a deity, person or thing

Supernatural hindrance, or incantation intended to bestow such a hindrance

Member of a primordial race of giants in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology

Demon, ogre or giant from Persian mythology

Head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism

Daniel (biblical figure)

Protagonist of the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible

Collection of Taoist texts

Tibetan Buddhism advanced practice

Online bioinformatics resource

Concept in Chinese philosophy

Deductive reasoning

Method of reasoning by which premises understood to be true produce logically certain conclusions

Deductive-nomological model

Scientific methodology

Belief in a God based on rational thought

Supernatural being considered divine or sacred

Woman described in the Book of Judges

Demarcation problem

Philosophical question of how to distinguish between science and non-science

Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture

A minor deity, the offspring of a god and a human, or a figure who has attained divine status after death

Demographics of atheism

Evil supernatural being or mythical creature

Class of ethical theories

Philosophical view that all events are determined completely by previously existing causes

Deuterocanonical books

Books of the Bible which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations

Key concept in Indian philosophy and Eastern religions, with multiple meanings

One of the three bodies (trikaya) of a buddha in Mahayana Buddhism

Discourse method for resolving disagreement by reasoned argument

Buddhist sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism

Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage

One of the two major schools of Jainism

American space imagery company

Christian district or see under the supervision of a bishop

Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine

Attempt to gain insight into a question or situation

Divine command theory

Theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God

Related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a god

Codification of beliefs

Dominican Order

Roman Catholic medicant order

Symbol of Mandaeism

Large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide

Tibetan meditation practice

Druidry (modern)

Modern spiritual or religious movement that promotes connection and reverence for the natural world

Drukpa Kargyud Rinpoches

Ethnoreligious group of the Levant

Concept in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism

Ancient Mesopotamian god

Principal Hindu goddess

Commitment or obligation to someone or something or to perform an action on the behalf of

Dwarf (folklore)

Being in mythology

Tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

Eastern Catholic Churches

23 Eastern Christian autonomous particular churches in full communion with Rome

Eastern Christianity

Christian traditions originating from Greek- and Syriac-speaking populations

Eastern philosophy

Set of philosophies originating in Asia

Book of the Hebrew Bible (450–180 BCE)

Form of constructive theology that focuses on the interrelationships of religion and nature, particularly in the light of environmental concerns

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

First among equals of leaders in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Cooperation between Christian denominations

Egyptian mythology

Myths of the Ancient Egyptians

Infinite, unknowable aspect of God

Northwest Semitic word for "god"

Legendary city in South America

Figure from Greek mythology

Eleusinian Mysteries

Secret religious rites in ancient Greece

Supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore

Biblical prophet

Prophet and wonder-worker in the Hebrew Bible

Deity or deities in the Hebrew Bible

Name of God in Judaism

A wood plaque deposited in a Japanese temple to ask for a wish.

Theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience

Future time-period described variously in the eschatologies of several world religions

Energy (esotericism)

Term used by various esoteric forms of spirituality and alternative medicine

God in Sumerian mythology

Enlightenment in Buddhism

Goal of Buddhist practice

Ancient Mesopotamian god

Builder of Uruk in Sumer

Environmental ethics

Part of environmental philosophy

Environmental philosophy

Branch of philosophy

Epic-Puranic chronology

Timeline of Hindu history based on the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and the Puranas

Epimenides paradox

Paradox revealing a problem with self-reference in logic

Philosophical study of knowledge

Epistle of James

General epistle and one of the 21 epistles in the New Testament

Epistle of Jude

Book of the Bible

Epistle to Philemon

Book of the Bible

Epistle to the Colossians

Book of the Bible

Epistle to the Ephesians

Book of the Bible

Epistle to the Galatians

Book of the Bible

Epistle to the Hebrews

Book of the Bible

Epistle to the Philippians

Eleventh book in the New Testament

Epistle to the Romans

Book of the Bible

Epistle to Titus

Book of the Bible

Chinese deity associated with flood control

God of Death in Turkic and Mongolic mythology

Greek god of love and sex

Older son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible

Part of theology

Jewish sect during the Second Temple period

Essentially contested concept

Problem in philosophy

Biblical Jewish queen of Persia and Medes

Ethical position that moral agents should act in their own self-interest

Philosophical study of morality

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Oriental Orthodox Church denomination of Ethiopia

Ethnic religion

Religion defined by the ethnicity of its adherents

Christian rite and sacrament

Rationalizing method of interpretation of mythology

Europa (consort of Zeus)

Greek mythology character, daughter of Agenor

European dragon

Mythical creature in European folklore

European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education

Committee of the European Parliament

Protestant Christian movement

The opposite or absence of good

Evolutionary origin of religion

Emergence of religious behavior discussed in terms of natural evolution

Legendary sword of King Arthur

Critical investigation of a text

Broad concept encompassing objective and subjective features of reality and existence

Ability of an entity to interact with physical or mental reality

Existence of God

Subject of debate in the philosophy of religion and popular culture

Philosophical study that begins with the acting, feeling, living human individual

The effect or influence of exposure to an event or subject

Prophet in the Abrahamic religions

Figure in early Jewish history

Topics referred to by the same term

Mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore

Confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept

Faith and rationality

Two approaches that exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility

Prayer and gestures that are perceived to bring divine intervention in physical healing

Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

Argument that uses faulty reasoning

In Abrahamic religions, angels who were expelled from heaven

Philosophical principle that human beings could be wrong about their beliefs, expectations, or their understanding of the world

Person who falsely claims the gift of prophecy or divine inspiration

Property of a statement that is written in an empirical language and contradicts some observations, realistic or not, that can be described in that language.

New religious movement originating from China

Willing abstinence from some, or reduced consumption of, food, drink or both, for a period of time

Fasting in Islam

Fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence

Nonbinding legal opinion in Islamic law

Feminist theology

Movement to reconsider theological doctrine

Pseudoscientific Chinese philosophical system intended to harmonize people with their environment

Monstrous wolf in Norse mythology

Religious ritual intended to stimulate reproduction

Islamic jurisprudence

First Epistle of John

Book of the New Testament

First Epistle of Peter

Book of the New Testament

First Epistle to the Corinthians

Book of the New Testament

First Epistle to the Thessalonians

Book of the New Testament

First Epistle to Timothy

Book of the New Testament

Five Pillars of Islam

Five basic acts in Islam

Five Pure Lights

Dzochen teaching

Principles of Protestant Christianity

Flying Spaghetti Monster

Satirical deity

Expressions of religion distinct from the official doctrines of organized religion

Expressive culture shared by particular groups

Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw

Fountain of Youth

A spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters

Four Books and Five Classics

Books of Confucianism

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Biblical figures

Four Noble Truths

Basic framework of Buddhist thought

Group of religious orders within the Catholic Church

Ability to make choices without constraints

Free Will Baptist

Religious denomination

Freedom of religion

Human right to practice any or no religion without prejudice from governing powers

Group of fraternal organizations

Position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism

French philosophy

Philosophy in the French language

Religious ideology based on strict adherence to uncompromising beliefs

Ceremony for a person who has died

Gabriel (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Greek primordial deity, goddess of Earth

Tantric assemblies or feasts

A denomination of Hinduism that worships Ganesha

Hindu god of new beginnings, wisdom and luck

Ganymede (mythology)

Young male figure from Greek mythology, "the most beautiful of mortals"

Biblical garden of God

Mantra of the Vedic tradition

Topics referred to by the same term

Dominant school of Tibetan Buddhism

Assigning a numerical value to a name, word or phrase based on its letters

Genesis creation narrative

Creation myth of Judaism and Christianity

German philosophy

Specialty in philosophy, focussed to German language origin

Germanic paganism

Ethnic religion practiced by the Germanic peoples from the Iron Age until Christianisation

5th of the 10 sephirot

Supernatural being originating in folklore

New religious movement

Jinn-like being often associated with eating human flesh in Arabian folklore

Giant (magazine)

Sumerian ruler and protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Central religious text of Mandaeism

Glossary of Islam

Desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like systems

Early Christian and Jewish religious systems

Principal object of faith in monotheism and ancient polytheism

Title given to God in various religions

The second person of the Trinity in Christian theology

Feminine or female deity

Artefact in Greek mythology, part of the Argonauts' tale

Principle of treating others as oneself would wish to be treated, found in most religions and cultures

Sikh main holy site; building in India

Being in Jewish folklore made from clay

A Philistine giant in the Bible

Concept in religion, ethics, and philosophy

Philosophical dichotomy

Person's exterior actions or deeds

Female monster in Greek mythology

Book of the New Testament

Book of the New Testament

Book of the New Testament

Gospel of Matthew

Book of the New Testament

Gothic paganism

Original religion of the Goths

Grace in Christianity

A concept in Christianity understood very differently in Eastern and Western Christianity as either the partaking of the Divine Nature or unearned help given to us by God

Great Commandment

First of two commandments cited by Jesus in the synoptic gospels

Great Commission

Instruction of the resurrected Jesus to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world

Supreme being in many Native American cultures

Great Tribulation

Calamitous end times period as found in the Synoptic Gospels

Greek hero cult

Devotion to a hero in ancient Greek religion

Greek mythology

Body of myths originally told by ancient Greeks

Greek Orthodox Church

Greek primordial deities

First generation of deities in Greek mythology

Greek underworld

Location in Greek mythology

Greek water deities

Characters of Greek mythology

Legendary animal

Ground (Dzogchen)

Primordial state in Tibetan Buddhism

Chinese interpretation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara

Angel assigned to watch over and protect a particular person, group, kingdom, or country

Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field

Guru Granth Sahib

Primary scripture of Sikhism

God of the underworld in Greek mythology

Collections of sayings and teachings of Muhammad

Someone who has completely memorized the Quran

Biblical character

Religion from Haiti

Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca

Jewish rabbinical law

Islamic term for "permissible" things

School of Islamic jurisprudence

One of the schools (madhabs) of fiqh (religious law) within Sunni Islam

Hindu god and a companion of the god Rama

Shinto purification ritual

An Arabic term meaning something that is forbidden in islam

Strict or traditionalist Orthodox Judaism

Major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion

Jewish religious ceremony after Shabbat ends

Transcendental deity of the Mandaeans

Heathenry (new religious movement)

Modern Pagan religion

Heaven (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures

Daughter of Zeus in Greek Mythology

Afterlife location in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, often torture

Hell in Christianity

Christian views on Hell

Greek god of blacksmiths

HERA (particle accelerator)

Particle accelerator operating at DESY from 1992 to 2007

Divine hero in Greek mythology

Belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established belief or customs

Hermes (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Person who lives in seclusion from society

Person or character who combats adversity through ingenuity, courage, or strength

Contemplative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Problem-solving method

Hierarchy of the Catholic Church

Organization of the Catholic Church

Term for preliminary Buddhism before Mahayāna

Hindu mythology

Mythology in India

Place of worship in Hinduism

Indian religion and way of life

Adherents of the religion of Hinduism

Historical Vedic religion

Religious ideas and practices among some of Indo-Aryan-speaking peoples of ancient India after about 1500 BCE

8th of the 10 sephirot

Philosophical position that systems should be analyzed as wholes, not just as collections of parts

Cup, dish, or stone with miraculous powers, important motif in Arthurian literature

According to the Gospel of John, lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross

Sacraments in some Christian churches

Religious concept with varied meanings

Holy Spirit in Christianity

Third person of the Trinity

Egyptian war deity

Chinese mythological archer

Mesoamerican deity figuring in the pantheons of pre-Columbian cultures

Huītzilōpōchtli

Philosophical school of thought

Ethno-religious group since the 16th century; a communal branch of Anabaptists

Hyperion (Titan)

Titan in Greek mythology

Proposed explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem

Worship in Islamic religion

Third-largest branch of Islam

Icarus (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Christian symbol

Icon (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

The destruction of religious images

Philosophical view

Divination practice

Ignatian spirituality

Catholic religious tradition

Doctrine which holds that the Qur’ān has a miraculous quality

Arabic term of agreement regarding Islamic law

1923-1955 aircraft manufacturer in Italy

Belief in the six articles of faith in Islam

Philosophical concept

Ancient Mesopotamian goddess

One of the principal kami of Shinto

Mythological creature who lies upon sleeping women

Indian philosophy

Philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent

Indian religions

Religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent

Hindu god of rain, lightning, storm and weather

Inductive reasoning

Method of logical reasoning

Remission of sins in the Catholic Church

Something that cannot or should not be expressed in spoken words

Act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true

Branch of logic related more to reasoning and argumentation

Intelligent design

Pseudoscientific argument for the existence of God

Iram of the Pillars

An ancient tribe mentioned in the Quran

Irish mythology

Pre-Christian Mythology of Ireland

Absence, indifference to, rejection of or hostility towards religion

Isaac (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Israelite prophet

Hebrew Prophet of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Supreme soul, ruler, lord, king, queen or husband in Indian texts

Abrahamic monotheistic religion

Islam by country

Islamic eschatology

Islamic theology concerning life after death

Islamic holy books

Religious scriptures seen by Muslims as holy

Islamic mythology

Body of myths associated with Islam

Islamic philosophy

Philosophy that is characterised by coming from an Islamic tradition

Islamic schools and branches

Islamic schools and branches

Salafi jihadist terrorist group

Islamic studies

Study of Islam, Islamic civilizations and their impact on the world

Branch of Shia Islam

Is–ought problem

Philosophical problem articulated by David Hume in 1739

Islamic legal term for juristic discretion

Mythical creature from American folklore

Regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites, later given the name Israel

Representation of the first god

School of jurisprudence (fiqh) in Twelver and Ismaili Shia Islam

Religion that originated in the Indian subcontinent

Concept of paradise in Islam

Japanese mythology

A collection of traditional Japanese legends and folktales.

Greek mythological hero

Collection of traditional narratives of the previous lives of Buddha

Vocalization of the divine name YHWH

Jehovah's Witnesses

Restorationist Christian denomination

Biblical prophet

Male religious congregation of the Catholic Church

A short formulaic prayer esteemed and advocated especially within the Eastern churches

Jethro (biblical figure)

Biblical and Quranic character

Jewish holidays

Holidays celebrated in Judaism

Jewish mythology

Body of myths associated with Judaism

Jewish philosophy

All philosophy carried out by Jews, or in relation to the religion of Judaism

Jewish religious movements

Denominations of Judaism

Jewish symbolism

Representations of concepts in Judaism and the Jewish people

Supernatural beings in Arab culture and Islam

Job (biblical figure)

Biblical figure

Biblical and Quranic prophet

Sea serpent in Norse mythology

Joseph (Genesis)

Biblical figure, son of Jacob and Rachel

Central figure in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua

Race of beings in Germanic mythology

Abrahamic monotheistic religion of the Jewish people

Judgement Day in Islam

Tenet of faith in Islam

Juno (mythology)

Ancient Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth

King of the gods in ancient Roman religion and myth

Just war theory

Doctrine about when a war is ethically just

Justification (theology)

God's righteous act of declaring the ungodly to be righteous, through faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice

Division of the Quran into 30 parts of varying lengths, but more uniform than that into surahs; used to facilitate recitation during Ramadan

Building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram

Type of Jewish mysticism

Spirit being in western Pueblo religious beliefs

Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)

10th–16th-century school of Tibetan Buddhism

A specific type of Shinto theatrical dance

School of Tibetan Buddhism

Major deity in Indian religions symbolising power, time, and death

Last of four yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology

Divine being in Shinto

Ethical theory of Immanuel Kant

Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher

Kappa (folklore)

Japanese mythical creature

Intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual

A school of Tibetan Buddhism

Hindu god of victory and war

Compassion or mercy in Buddhist philosophy

Jewish dietary laws

Shape-shifting water spirit in Scottish folklore

Topmost of the Sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah

Kingdom of God (Christianity)

Phrase in the New Testament

Fox spirits in Japanese folklore

Familiarity, awareness, or understanding of information or skills acquired through experience or education

8th-century Japanese chronicle

Fertility deity venerated by some Native American cultures

Korean mythology

Mythology that existed in the Korean Peninsula

Mythical monster of the sea

Major deity in Hinduism

Hindu pilgrimage and festival celebrated in India

Kutub al-Sittah

Six most highly regarded collections of hadith in Sunni Islam

Hindu god and Rama's brother in epic Ramayana

A principal Hindu goddess, goddess of fortune, wealth, love and beauty

Tibetan Buddhism textual form

Language game (philosophy)

Words and contextual actions which provide a complete meaning

Eschatology of the Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism

Final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion

LaVeyan Satanism

Atheistic religion founded by Anton LaVey, in which Satan is a symbol of human freedom, but not believed to be a separately existing supernatural being

Traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word

Mandaean religious text

Legalism (Chinese philosophy)

Chinese school of philosophy

Legendary creature

Supernatural animal

Irish legendary creature

Ancient serpent-like chthonic water monster, with reptilian traits, that possessed many heads, in Greek mythology

Biblical sea monster

Life of Jesus as told in the New Testament

Person's relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance

Female entity in Near Eastern mythology

Quality of ambiguity, disorientation, or state of transition

Aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva

Liturgical year

Annually recurring fixed sequence of Christian feast days

Customary public worship performed by a religious group

Loch Ness Monster

Mythical creature in Scotland

The study of inference and truth

Logical positivism

Movement in Western philosophy

Mahāyāna Buddhist mind training practice developed between 900—1200 CE

Longchen Nyingthig

Scripture in Tibetan Buddhism

One of three scriptural divisions within Dzogchen

Christian prayer attributed to Jesus

Lot (biblical person)

Person mentioned in the Book of Genesis and the Quran

Cross-legged sitting meditation pose

Popular Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism

Name of various mythological figures associated with the planet Venus

Irish god of skills and the arts

Major branch of Protestantism

Macroethics and microethics

Type of applied ethics

School of thought within Islamic jurisprudence

Magic (supernatural)

Rituals or actions employed to manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces

Magic (supernatural)

Rituals or actions employed to manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces

Religious terminology

Branch of Buddhism

Mainline Protestant

Older, more establishment Protestant denominations

One of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism

One of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam

Tenth of the sephirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life

Manannán mac Lir

Sea god in Irish mythology

Mandaean Book of John

Book of scripture ascribed to John the Baptist

Gnostic religion

Spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism

Mandi (Mandaeism)

Temple in Mandaeism

Persian religion founded in the 3rd century CE

Fundamental life force among Algonquian groups in the Native American mythology

Mythical lion beast in Persian folklore

Mantra (Bring Me the Horizon song)

2018 single by Bring Me the Horizon

National god of the Babylonians

Mars (mythology)

Roman god of war, guardian of agriculture

Person who suffers persecution

Basic organisational unit of Freemasonry

Mass in the Catholic Church

Central liturgical ritual of the Catholic Church

Form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature

School of Sunni Islamic theology

Polynesian mythological hero and trickster

Burial chamber of a deceased person

Beliefs of the ancient Maya people

Chinese sea goddess of East and Southeast Asia

Meaning (philosophy)

Nature of meaning in the philosophy of language

Meaning of life

Philosophical and spiritual question concerning the significance of living or existence in general

Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis

Medieval philosophy

Philosophy during the medieval period

Practice of mindfulness

Medusa (disambiguation)

Person in the Bible; King of Salem and priest of the Most High (Gen. 14)

Division in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon

Anabaptist groups originating in Western Europe

Mental representation

Hypothetical internal cognitive symbol that represents external reality

Legendary aquatic creature with an upper body in human female form

Saviour or liberator of a group of people

Branch of ethics seeking to understand ethical properties

Metaphysical naturalism

Philosophical worldview rejecting 'supernatural'

Study of fundamental reality

Denominations of Protestant Christianity

The longest lived of all figures mentioned in the Bible

Sufi order in Islam

Michael (archangel)

Archangel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic teachings

Mythological Greek king able to turn what he touches to gold

Buddhist doctrine

Genre of rabbinic literature which contains Jewish Biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, and compilations of homilies

Niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of prayer

Belief that a Golden Age or Paradise will occur prior to the final judgment

Communication by means of imitation

Architectural feature of mosques

Pulpit in a mosque

Mind–body dualism

Philosophical theory

Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, justice, law, commerce, glory, victory, trade and defense

Ministry of Jesus

Ministry of Jesus

Creature of Greek mythology

Quorum of ten Jewish adults for certain religious obligations

Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body

Member of a religious group sent into an area to promote their faith

Mystery religion in the Roman Empire

Indo-Iranian divinity

Precepts and commandments in Judaism

God of the hunt in several Mesoamerican cultures

Hammer of the god Thor in Norse mythology

Modern paganism

Religions shaped by historical paganism

Modern philosophy

Philosophy in recent times

Modernization theory

Explanation for the process of modernization within societies

Clothing that avoids encouraging sexual attraction

Chinese philosophy

Spiritual liberation in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism

A term used in the Hebrew Bible for a Canaanite deity or form of sacrifice.

Complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monks or nuns

View that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept

Member of a monastic religious order

Spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion

Belief in only one god

Fearsome and/or grotesque legendary being

Moral relativism

Philosophical positions about the differences in moral judgments across peoples and cultures

Differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong)

Morality and religion

Relationship between religious views and morals

Moravian Church

Protestant Christian denomination dating back to the 15th century

Religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement

Sinful act which can lead to damnation if a person does not repent of the sin before death

Abrahamic prophet said to have led the Israelites out of Egypt

Place of worship for followers of Islam

Goddess who represents, or is a personification of nature, motherhood, fertility, creation

Modern urban legend

Sacred mountain of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu cosmology

Sympathetic or vicarious joy in Sanskrit and Pali

Person appointed at a mosque to lead and recite the call to prayer

Arabic term for people engaged in jihad ("struggle")

Human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved

Muslim-majority countries, states, districts, or towns

Adherents of the religion of Islam

Rationalist school of Islamic theology

Practice of religious experiences during alternate states of consciousness

Type of traditional narrative

Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Nag Hammadi library

Collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945

Names of God in Islam

Names of God in Judaism

Nation of Islam

African-American new religious movement

National church

Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state

Nativity of Jesus

System of law that purports to be determined by nature, and thus be universal

Natural philosophy

Philosophical study of nature

Naturalism (philosophy)

Belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe

Manifestation of Hindu goddess

Magic involving communication with the deceased

Negative and positive atheism

Lack of belief in any deities, without belief that there are none

Central figure of the biblical Book of Nehemiah

Neo-Confucianism

Chinese philosophy

Beings from the Hebrew Bible

Ancient Egyptian goddess

Seventh of the ten Sefirot in the Jewish mystical system of Kabbalah

Range of new religious beliefs and practices

Positions promoted by some 21st century atheists

New Earth (Christianity)

Christian expression

New religious movement

Religious community or spiritual group of modern origin

Second division of the Christian biblical canon

New Testament apocrypha

Writings by early Christians, separate from the Biblical Canon

Religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing

Preliminary practice in Vajrayana and Dzogchen

Statement of belief adopted at the First Ecumenical Council in 325

Denial of certain aspects of existence

Sumerian goddess

Nirmāṇakāya

Concept in Buddhism

Renounciation of desire in Buddhism

Liberation from repeated rebirth in saṃsāra

Revered figure in Abrahamic traditions

Noble Eightfold Path

Buddhist practices leading to liberation from saṃsāra

Mature state of consciousness transcending dualism

Absence of espoused belief in a God or god

Nontheistic religion

Religious thought and practice independent of belief in deities.

Nontrinitarianism

Form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity

Norm (philosophy)

In philosophy, concept of practical import, oriented to effecting an action

Normative ethics

Branch of philosophical ethics that examines standards for the rightness and wrongness of actions

Norse mythology

Body of mythology of the North Germanic people

Concept denoting the absence of anything (at all) and associated with "nothingness"

Egyptian goddess of the sky

Mother goddess of Chinese mythology

School of Tibetan Buddhism

Greek and Roman mythological creature

Philosophical system developed by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand

Philosophical problem-solving principle

Knowledge of the hidden or the paranormal

Widely revered deity in Germanic mythology

Religious practices and beliefs of Igbo people

Legendary Greek king of Ithaca

Mythical Greek king of Thebes

Legendary monster featuring in mythology, folklore, and fiction

Old Norse religion

Historical religious tradition

First division of Christian Bibles based on the Hebrew Bible

Sacred sound and spiritual symbol in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism

Kind of yōkai from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls

Ontological argument

Philosophical argument to prove the existence of God

Branch of philosophy concerned with concepts such as existence, reality, being, becoming, as well as the basic categories of existence and their relations

Ancient Egyptian god of war

Wheels seen in Ezekiel's vision of the chariot

Judgement, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive

Latin phrase and Benedictine motto and invocation

Provider of prophecies or insights

Laws, statutes, and legal interpretations that were not recorded in the Written Torah

Order of Saint Augustine

Catholic order of mendicant friars

Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)

The Berlin-based Protestant branch of the Order, from which it separated during the Reformation

Oriental Orthodox Churches

Branch of Eastern Christianity

Christian belief that all humans inherit the sin of Adam

Orion (mythology)

Giant huntsman in Greek mythology

Orthodox Judaism

Traditionalist branches of Judaism

Adherence to the actual accepted belief, especially in religion

Ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife

Other (philosophy)

Concept in philosophy and psychology

Andean fertility goddess

Polytheistic religious groups in pre-Christian Roman territories or modern religious movement

Paleolithic religion

Religions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period

Buddhist scriptures of the Theravada tradition

Theological doctrine which combines aspects of pantheism with aspects of deism

Greek mythological artifact

Belief that the divine pervades all of space and time and extends beyond it

Belief that the Universe is identical to God

Parable of the Good Samaritan

Didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37

Set of distinct concepts or thought patterns

A place of exceptional happiness and delight

Paradox (Nanase Aikawa album)

1997 studio album by Nanase Aikawa

Buddhist concept of perfection

Study of paranormal and psychic phenomena

Section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text

Parody religion

Constructed mock religion

Zoroastrian community in the Indian subcontinent descended from Persian migrants

Major goddess in Hinduism

Encryption algorithm

The goddess of volcanoes and fire, creator of the Hawaiian Islands in Hawaiian religion

Malay folk monster / witch

Denominational renewal movement of Protestant Christianity

Perennial philosophy

15th-century philosophical idea that views all religious traditions as sharing a single truth or origin

State of completeness, flawlessness, or supreme excellence

Ancient Greek hero and founder of Mycenae

Persian mythology

Personifications of death

Personification of death

Political party, a social movement, and a school of thought during the time of Second Temple Judaism

Phenomenology (philosophy)

Philosophical method and schools of philosophy

Philosopher's stone

Legendary alchemical substance

Philosophical logic

Index of articles associated with the same name

Study of general and fundamental questions

Practitioner of philosophy

Philosophy of history

The philosophical study of history and its discipline

Philosophy of language

Discipline of philosophy that deals with language and meaning

Philosophy of mathematics

Branch of philosophy on the nature of mathematics

Philosophy of mind

Branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of the mind

Philosophy of religion

Branch of philosophy examining the concepts of religion

Philosophy of science

Phoenix (mythology)

Long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn in Greek mythology

Phosphotungstic acid-haematoxylin stain

Biological stain used for staining of tissues

Religious practice

Metaphysical thesis

Aesthetic ideal

Journey or search of moral or spiritual significance

Using another author's work as if it was one's own original work

Pluto (mythology)

God in Roman mythology (Greek: Hades)

Pointing-out instruction

Introduction to the nature of mind in Tibetan Buddhism

Political philosophy

Study of the foundations of politics

Ghost that causes physical disturbances

Polynesian mythology

Indigenous religion

Worship of or belief in multiple deities

Polytheistic reconstructionism

Attempts to re-establish historical polytheistic religions

Head of the Catholic Church

Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes and horses

Philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge

Philosophical tradition

Principle of Buddhism and its personification

Pratītyasamutpāda

Fundamental Buddhist teaching

Religious text of Jainism

Invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity

Doctrine that all events have been willed by God

Predestination in Islam

Concept of divine destiny in Islam

Prehistoric religion

Religious beliefs of prehistoric peoples

Presbyterianism

Branch of Protestant Christianity in which the church is governed by presbyters (elders)

Pre-Socratic philosophy

Greek philosophers active before and during the time of Socrates

Rule that has to be followed or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature

Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

Traditional methodological principles used in Islamic jurisprudence for deriving rulings of Islamic law

Problem of evil

Reconciling the existence of evil with a God

Problem of induction

Epistemological question of whether inductive reasoning leads to definitive knowledge understood in the classic philosophical sense

Problem of universals

Philosophical question of whether properties exist, and if so, what they are

Profane (religion)

Latin word for "profane"

Message that is claimed by a prophet to have been communicated to them by a deity

Person claimed to speak for a divine being

Prophets and messengers in Islam

Prophets according to Islamic tradition

Attempt to convert others to a religion

Form of Christianity

Proto-Indo-European mythology

Body of myths and stories attributed to the Proto-Indo-Europeans

Book of sacred songs in the Hebrew Bible

Unscientific claims that are wrongly presented as scientific

Puja (Hinduism)

Prayer ritual of devotional worship performed by Hindus

Hindu scriptures

Pure Land Buddhism

School of Mahāyāna Buddhism

Religious belief of Christianity, primarily Catholicism

Subclass of English Reformed Protestants

Vital force forming part of any living entity in traditional Chinese philosophy

Direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salah

Deductive analogy or reasoning by measuring the new situation with the given situation

Family of Protestant religious movements

Historical figure in the Abrahamic religions

Aztec feathered serpent god

Collection of Mandaean prayers

The central religious text of Islam

Ra (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Teacher of Torah in Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism

Mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE

Hindu goddess of love and chief consort of the god Krishna

Legendary king of Denmark and Sweden

End times in Norse mythology

Japanese god of lightning

Orchestral composition by Christopher Theofanidis

Rainbow Serpent

Creator god and common motif in the art and religion of Aboriginal Australia

Rama (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Ancient Sanskrit Epic by Valmiki

Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

Raphael (archangel)

Archangel responsible for healing in most Abrahamic religions

Eschatological concept in Christianity

First four caliphs following the death of Muhammad

Religion formed in 1930s Jamaica

Philosophical view that reason should be the chief source of knowledge

The quality of being agreeable to reason

Primary antagonist in the epic Ramayana

Sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent

Capacity for consciously making sense of things

Biblical character

Rebirth (Buddhism)

Teaching in Buddhism

Philosophical view explaining systems in terms of smaller parts

Denomination of Judaism

Reformed Christianity

Protestant denominational family

Refuge in Buddhism

Initiation ceremony in Buddhism

Concept of rebirth in different physical form

Relationship between religion and science

Relationship between religion and science

Philosophical view rejecting universalism, e.g. about truth

Physical remains or personal effects of a saint or venerated person

Social-cultural system

Religion in ancient Rome

Ancestral ethnic religion of the city of Rome

Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia

Religions practiced by Arabs before Islam

Religious conversion

Adoption of religious beliefs

Religious denomination

Identifiable religious subgroup with a common structure and doctrine

Religious ecstasy

Altered state of consciousness

Religious experience

Experience which is interpreted within a religious framework

Religious philosophy

Philosophical thinking inspired by a particular religion

Religious studies

Multi-disciplinary academic field devoted to research into religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions

Religious violence

Violence practiced in the name of religion

Renaissance philosophy

Thought of the period running in Europe roughly between 1355 and 1650

Repentance in Christianity

Critical element of conversion

Belief that Christianity should return to the form of the early apostolic church

Living being coming back to life after death

Resurrection of Jesus

Christian belief that God raised Jesus after his crucifixion

Retreat (spiritual)

Period of reflection, prayer, or meditation, practiced communally or in solitude

The revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity

Ghost or corpse brought to life to terrorize the living

Mandaean religious text

Concept within Tibetan Buddhism

First of the four sacred canonical texts (śruti) of Hinduism

Sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism

Rite of passage (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Activities performed according to a set sequence

Ritual purity in Islam

Essential aspect of Islam

Administrative institutions of the Holy See

Roman festivals

Scheduled celebration in ancient Rome

Roman mythology

Traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system

Romulus and Remus

Twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth

Roman Catholic sacramental and Marian devotion to prayer

Spiritual and cultural movement originating in 17th century Europe

Legendary creature in folklore

Rule of Saint Benedict

Book of monastic precepts written in 516

Rule utilitarianism

Form of utilitarianism that says an action is right as it conforms to a rule that leads to the greatest good

Form of object in Indian philosophy

Russell's teapot

Analogy devised by Bertrand Russell

Russian Orthodox Church

Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church

Ruth (biblical figure)

Protagonist of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible

Christian rite recognized as of particular importance and significance

Sacrament of Penance

One of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church

Topics referred to by the same term

Sacred tradition

Foundation of Christian doctrinal and spiritual authorities

Dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity

Offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity

Saint (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

One of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism

Salafi movement

Sunni Islamic reform movement

Form of daily obligatory prayer in Islam

Being saved or protected from harm or a deliverance from sin

Samatha-vipassanā

Buddhist term meaning "tranquility of the mind

Samatha-vipassanā

Meditation practice described in Buddhism literally, "special seeing", often translated as "insight"

Saṃbhogakāya

One of the (usually) three kayas in Buddhism.

Cycle of death and rebirth in Buddhism and Hinduism

Figure in the Book of Judges

Biblical figure

Sanctity of life

Principle stating that human life is sacred and should be protected

Sanskrit word meaning religious community

Buddhist concept of "formations"

Afro-Cuban religion of Yoruba origin that developed in Cuba

Principal Hindu goddess; goddess of knowledge, music, and speech in Hinduism and Jainism

German military reconnaissance satellite system

Group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan

First king of the United Kingdom of Israel

Division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination

Predominant method of critical thought in academic pedagogy of medieval European universities, circa 1100–1700

Schwarzenau Brethren

German Anabaptist group founded 1708

Scientific skepticism

Modern social movement based on the idea of scientific skepticism

Set of beliefs and practices created by American writer L. Ron Hubbard

Type of dragon described in various mythologies

Attempt to communicate with spirits

Belief regarding the return of Jesus after his ascension

Second Epistle of John

Book of the New Testament

Second Epistle of Peter

Book of the New Testament

Second Epistle to the Corinthians

Book of the New Testament

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians

Book of the New Testament

Second Epistle to Timothy

Book of the New Testament

American hardcore punk band

Secular coming-of-age ceremony

Secular ceremonies arranged by organizations

Secular education

System of public education in countries with a secular government

Branch of moral philosophy

Secular humanism

Life stance that embraces human reason, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism

Secular morality

Aspect of philosophy

Position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions

Secularism in France

Separation of church and state in France

State of being separate from religion, or of not being exclusively allied with or against any particular religion

Transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward nonreligious values

Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks

Vulnerability scanner for networks

Ten emanations in Kabbalah

Ancient Egyptian goddess

Individual person as the object of its own reflective consciousness

Tibetan Buddhist concept

Separation of church and state

Principle to separate religious and civil institutions

Separation of church and state in the United States

Political principle in the United States

Type of angel in Abrahamic religions

Oration by a member of the clergy

Sermon on the Mount

Collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus

Egyptian god of the desert, storms, violence, and foreigners

A son of Adam and Eve

Seven Cities of Gold

North American myth popular among 16th-century conquistadors

Seven deadly sins

Set of vices in Christian theology

Seventeen tantras

Collection of tantras

Seventh-day Adventist Church

Protestant Christian denomination

Sufi mystic order in Sunni Islam

The school of Islamic Jurisprudence

Islamic oath, one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan

One of the major traditions within Hinduism, and reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being

Christian monastic denomination

Goddess-centric sect of Hinduism

Practice of seeking altered states of consciousness in order to interact with a spirit world

Ancient Mesopotamian Sun god and god of justice

Synonym of an earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia

The ability to physically transform through an inherent ability, divine intervention or generic tendencies

Religious law of Islam

Mythological Chinese deity

Second-largest branch of Islam

Polytheistic religion from Japan

Japanese shrine of the Shinto religion

Holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity

Masonic organization

Fictional character in Germanic and Norse mythology

Monotheistic religion originating in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent

Sin (video game)

1998 video game

Sinner's prayer

Evangelical Christian term for any prayer of repentance

Biographies of Muhammad

Siren (mythology)

Creature in Greek mythology

Sita (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Six Dharmas of Naropa

Set of advanced Tibetan Buddhist practices

The five aggregates of clinging: form, sensations, perceptions, ideas, and consciousness

Doubtful attitude toward knowledge claims

Deity associated with the sky

Slavic paganism

Odin's eight-legged horse

Smarta tradition

Tradition in Hinduism linked to Advaita Vedanta

Ancient Egyptian deity

Social philosophy

Branch of philosophy

Christian doctrines taught by Lelio and Fausto Sozzini

Socratic method

Type of cooperative argumentative dialogue

Sodom and Gomorrah

Cities destroyed by God in the Book of Genesis

Sky deity who represents the Sun

Biblical monarch of ancient Israel

Book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament

Specific kind of teacher in both Ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire

Sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism

Incorporeal essence of a living being

Sources of Sharia

Sources of Islamic Law

Southern Baptist Convention

Large Christian denomination in the southern United States

Speaking in tongues

Phenomenon in which people speak words apparently in languages unknown to them

Egyptian mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion

Spirit (animating force)

Vital principle or animating force within all living things

In Christianity, an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit.

Spiritual practice

Regular or full-time performance of actions and activities undertaken for the purpose of inducing spiritual experiences and cultivating spiritual development

19th century religious movement believing one can communicate with the spirits of the dead

Philosophical and theological term

Sprite (folklore)

Fairy-like creatures from mythology and folklore (for sprites from a work of fiction see Q30318085)

Tradition in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism

Jewish cultural and religious symbol

Religion or creed endorsed by the state

School of Hellenistic Greek philosophy

Theory that elements of human culture must be understood in terms of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure

Sublime (philosophy)

Quality of greatness

Demon or supernatural entity in female form that seduces men

Islamic mysticism

Sufi order in Islam

Literature on Muhammad's deeds and sayings

Branch of Islam

Buddhist theological concept of voidness in ontology, meditation and phenomenology

Supposed phenomena that are not subject to the laws of nature

Belief or behavior that is considered irrational or supernatural

Chapter of the Quran

Solar deity in Hinduism

Susanoo-no-Mikoto

Shinto/Japanese god

Set of primary Buddhist scriptures, second part of the Pāli canon

"own-being/becoming"— intrinsic, essential nature or essence of beings

"self-awareness" in Buddhism

Branch of Jainism

Ancient Eurasian icon and later Nazi symbol

Type of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning

Place of worship for Jews and Samaritans

Assimilation of two or more originally discrete religious traditions

Exegesis of the Qur'an

Rules governing pronunciation during recitation of the Quran

Story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual

Ritual prayer shawl in Judaism

Central text of Rabbinic Judaism

Esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism

Tao (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Chinese classic text

Religious and philosophical tradition

Taoist philosophy

School of thought in China

Conforming to religious teaching of scholars in Islam without independent reasoning

Tara (Buddhism)

Female Bodhisattva

Aramaic translation of the Jewish scriptures

School or order of Sufism

True nature of things in Buddhism

Tattvartha Sutra

Jain religious text

Core Islamic tenet denoting the unification of God

Leather boxes containing parchment with Torah verses

Ancient Egyptian goddess

Teleological argument

Argument for the existence of God

Structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities

Ancient Hebrew lampstand

Ten Commandments

Biblical principles relating to ethics and worship

One of the names for the primary chief deity

Original Religion practiced by Turkic and Mongolic peoples

A type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion

Japanese new religion

Terma (religion)

Hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions

A Tibetan Buddhist master who discover ancient hidden texts or terma.

Central deity in Aztec religion

Capability of a magician or a saint to work magic or miracles

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Largest Mormon church

Sacred era in Australian Aboriginal mythology

Founding myth of the Jewish people

News of the imminent coming of the Kingdom of God

The ten to whom Paradise was promised

Hadith-based concept in Sunni Islam

The Void (philosophy)

Manifestation of nothingness

Belief in the existence of at least one deity

Theistic evolution

Scientific view of guided evolution by God

NASA mission for studying substorms

Theological attempt to resolve the problem of evil

Study of the nature of deities and religious belief

Appearance of a deity in an observable way

Theoretical philosophy

Branch of philosophy

Theories about religion

Theories of religion in the social sciences

Supposition or system of ideas intended to explain something

Theory of forms

Philosophical doctrine about abstract objects

Ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others

Religion established in the United States

Branch of Buddhism, oldest extant school

Practice of rituals with the intention of invoking the action/presence of one or more deities

Third Epistle of John

Book of the New Testament

Philosophical school based on the work of Thomas Aquinas

Thor (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Ancient Egyptian deity of the moon, learning, writing

Thought experiment

Hypothetical situation

Three marks of existence

Buddhist concept; consists of impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha), and non-self (anattā)

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors

Mythic rulers and culture heroes of ancient China

Three Treasures (Taoism)

Taoist term; in the Daodejing, refers to compassion, frugality, and humility

Class of angels

Thunderbird (mythology)

A legendary indigenous creature.

Tibetan Buddhism

Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet

Sixth sefira in the kabbalistic Tree of Life

Sufi order in Islam

Supreme spiritual teacher in Jainism

Religious donation

Meditation practice of Tibetan Buddhism

First five books of the Hebrew Bible

First five books of the Hebrew Bible

TOTEM experiment

One of the eight detector experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

Mythical tower described in the Book of Genesis

Traditional African religions

Diverse traditional beliefs and practices of African people

Philosophical movement

Tree of life (biblical)

Tree first described in chapter 2, verse 9 of Genesis

Tree of life (Kabbalah)

Diagram used in various mystical traditions

Tree of the knowledge of good and evil

One of two specific trees in the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2–3, along with the tree of life

Literary archetype

Three Bodies concept in Mahayana Buddhism

Hinduism's triple deity of supreme divinity

Trinity (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Supernatural being in Scandinavian folklore

Vajrayana discipline of breath and body

Being in accord with fact or reality

Tuatha Dé Danann

Pantheon of pre-Christian Ireland

Guardian or patron deity of a locality in Chinese folk religion

Vajrayana meditation practice

Line of successors to Muhammad

Twelve Minor Prophets

Book or collection of books in the Bible

Twelve Olympians

Major deities of the Greek pantheon

Twelver Shi'ism

Branch of Shia Islam

Religious obligation in Judaism to do what is right and just

Religion in which the existence of extraterrestrial entities operating unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are an element of belief.

Muslim legal scholars

Goddess of fertility in Turkic mythology and Tengriism

Arabic term used to refer to the collective community of Muslim people

Hypothesis that human replicas elicit revulsion

Situation which involves imperfect or unknown information, regarding the existing state, environment, a future outcome or more than one possible outcomes

Unconditional love (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

World of the dead in various mythologies

Legendary single-horned horse-like creature

Unification Church

International new religious movement

Unitarian Universalism

Non-creedal liberal religious movement

Christian theological movement which believes that the God in Christianity is one person, as opposed to a Trinity

United Methodist Church

Methodist-Christian denomination that is both mainline Protestant and Evangelical

Ancient Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts of Hinduism

Concept of equanimity in Buddhism

Form of modern folklore

Ethical theory based on maximizing well-being

Utopia (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Major Hindu tradition that reveres Vishnu as the Supreme Being

Hindu mother goddess

Indian Buddhist tantric tradition

Enormous hall located in Asgard, in Norse mythology

Figures in Norse mythology

Personal value, basis for ethical action

Mythological or folkloric creature

Subgroup of Norse deities

Buddhist term referring to feelings and sensations

One of six schools of Hindu philosophy

Ancient scriptures of Hinduism

Oral tradition of the Vedas

Vegetation deity

Nature deity who embodies the growth cycle of plants

The act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness

Veneration of the dead

Cultural or religious practice

Sin that does not result in eternal damnation in Hell

Venus (mythology)

Ancient Roman goddess of love, sex and fertility

Emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers

Former group of philosophers and scientists

Hindu Buddhist term for ideas related to discernment, mind/consciousness, life force, etc.

Buddhist monastic rules

Vinaya Piṭaka

Primary religious text in Buddhism, first part of the Tripitaka - Pali Canon

Creator deity in Inca mythology

Positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good

Normative ethical theories

One of the principal deities in Hinduism

Vision (spirituality)

Something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy

Vulcan (mythology)

Ancient Roman god of fire, volcanoes, and metalworking

Ancient Egyptian snake-headed goddess, symbolizing Lower Egypt

Religious movement within Sunni Islam

Mythical being in Native American folklore

Mythological human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolflike creature

West African Vodún

Term for the West African Vodun and the closely related religions of the African Diaspora

Western esotericism

Range of related philosophical ideas and movements that have developed in the Western world

Western philosophy

Philosophy of the Western world

A creture in folklore; type of female ghost

Modern syncretic pagan religion

Mythical figure common in western European legend

The ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight

Practice of magical skills and abilities

Wives of Muhammad

Wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

World Mission Society Church of God

Christian new religious movement

A non-profit organization that makes and distributes RACHEL and software that hosts offline free educational content

Common motif appearing in many mythologies and religions

Act of religious devotion

Topics referred to by the same term

Islamic procedure for washing parts of the body using water before formal prayers

Legendary bipedal dragon

Symbol in Tibetan Buddhist art

National god of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah

Ritual offering sacrifice in Hinduism

Yana (Buddhism)

"vehicle" of Buddhism

Mythical Chinese sovereign

9th of the 10 sephirot

Alleged ape-like creature from Asia

Immense mythical tree in Norse cosmology, connecting the Nine Worlds

Philosophical concept of dualistic-monism or dynamic-monism in ancient Chinese philosophy

Primeval being in Norse mythology

Spiritual practices from ancient India

Supernatural beings from Japanese folklore

Japanese word for the land of the dead

Yoruba religion

Religion of the Yoruba people of Africa

Young Earth creationism

Pseudoscientific belief that the Earth was created within the past ten thousand years

Ape-like mythical creature from Australian folklore

Form of almsgiving treated in Islam as a religious obligation or tax

Branch of Shia Islam

Meditative discipline in Zen Buddhism

Zen (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Zeno's paradoxes

Set of philosophical problems

ZEUS (particle detector)

Particle detector

Teachings in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon

Zhuangzi (book)

Ancient Chinese text from the late Warring States period

Key concept in Taoism

Undead creature from Haitian folklore

Religion ascribed to the teachings of Zoroaster