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Religion Vocabulary
Word
Definition
Monotheism –
(88, 706)
Belief that there
is only one God
Polytheistic – (84, Believing in more
707)
than one god
Secular – (103,
707)
Nonreligious
Judaism – (88-90) Religion of the
Jewish people
Jews – (88)
Followers of the
religion Judaism
Abraham – (88)
First worshiper of
Judaism, considered
the father of Judaism
Jewish new Year
marked with prayer
and solemn thoughts
Rosh Hashanah –
(90)
Yom Kippur – (90)
Jewish holiday observed
with a 24 hour period of
prayer and fasting. The
holiest day in Judaism
Anti-Semitism
discrimination and
hatred for Jewish
people
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Christianity – (9092, 238,241242,246-247)
Jesus Christ (90)
The world’s largest
religion based on the
teachings of Jesus
Christ
Christians believe
Jesus is the son of God
and the Messiah the
Jews were waiting for
Messiah ( 90,705) Savior of the
Jewish people
Disciple (703)
Follower of a
specific teacher
Minister (91, 705) To take care of or
tend to another’s
needs
Pope – (241, 308, Head of the
707)
Roman Catholic
Church
Person who “protested”
Protestant –
Catholic practices; today,
(246,707)
a member of a nonEaster – (91)
Catholic Christian church
Christian holiday that
celebrates the life of
Jesus coming back to life,
thereby proving the
existence of an afterlife
with God for all who truly
believe
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Islam (92-93)
The world’s second
largest religion based on
the teachings of the
Prophet Muhammad
Muslims (92)
Followers of the
religion Islam
Muhammad (92)
Muslims believe that
Muhammad is the last
and greatest prophet of
Allah (God)
Five Pillars of Faith
(92, 703)
Basic religious
obligations of
Islam
Hajj (93, 704)
Religious journey to
Makkah (Mecca) that
Muslims are expected to
make at lease once
during their lifetime
Holy month of Islam
observed with fasting
from dawn till sunset and
refraining from any acts
that take their attention
away from God
Ramadan (93)
Mosque
(106,314,706)
Place of worship
for the followers
of Islam