Definition of religious belief Religious belief
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| religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
| religion, faith | ||
| belief any cognitive content held as true | ||
| supernatural virtue, theological virtue according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues | ||
| apophatism the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) | ||
| cataphatism the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') | ||
| doctrine of analogy, analogy the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate | ||
| cultus, religious cult, cult a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" | ||
| cult a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" | ||
| ecclesiasticism excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion" | ||
| religious mysticism, mysticism obscure or irrational thought | ||
| nature worship a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena | ||
| revealed religion a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind | ||
| theism the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods | ||
| heathenism, pagan religion, paganism any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism | ||
| christian religion, christianity a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior | ||
| hindooism, hinduism a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils | ||
| brahmanism, brahminism the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads | ||
| jainism religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being | ||
| sikhism the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam | ||
| buddhism the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth | ||
| hsuan chiao, taoism philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | ||
| shintoism, shinto the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors | ||
| manichaeanism, manichaeism a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000 | ||
| mithraicism, mithraism ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d. | ||
| mazdaism, zoroastrianism system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil) | ||
| bahaism a religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States; "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private" | ||
| asian shamanism, shamanism an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | ||
| shamanism an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans | ||
| wicca the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe | ||
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