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Therevada

Religion; General religion

A Buddhist term in Sanskrit that means the school or way of the elders. It recognises the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Because it emphasises personal liberation over collective ...

The concept that Christians can become participants in the life of God, while not sharing in God's essence. The precise definition varies among Christian denominations and theologians. This is based, ...

God's wrath

Religion; General religion

God's judgement on sinners, fueled by his anger, hatred, revulsion and indignation of sin. In the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) there are many descriptions of mass murders and genocides either ...

Replacement Theology

Religion; General religion

This is the theological concept that, because the vast majority of Jews in the first century CE did not accept Jesus as their Messiah, God unilaterally terminated his covenants with the Jewish people ...

Zionism

Religion; General religion

Derived from "Zion," an ancient Hebrew name for Jerusalem. Zionism is a movement created during the 1860s and 1870s in Europe to create a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. Some religious ...

Zoroastrianism

Religion; General religion

This religion was founded in ancient Persia, perhaps during the sixth and seventh century BCE. Many scholars believe that numerous religious concepts first appeared in Zoroastrianism, and were later ...

Slain in the spirit

Religion; General religion

A religious phenomenon, generally in Pentecostal or Charismatic meetings in which a person loses motor control over their body, and falls to the floor. It has variously been attributed to religious ...