Belief Systems Vocabulary

belief and worship of god or gods

• spirituality

• philosophy

• religion

• mythology

a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Hinduism

• Sikhism

talking to God

• pray, prayer

• meditate, meditation

• worship, worshipping

• chant, chanting

The religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews (6th C BCE)

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Buddhism

not believing in god

• theism

• agnosticism

• atheism

• deism

praying to and honoring God or other being

• worship

• celebration

• meditation

• sacrifice

the part of living thing that is not physical (body)

• soul

• spirit

• mind

• heart

not sure if god exists or not

• atheist

• theist

• agnostic

• deist

identifying god with nature

• pantheism

• theism

• deism

• agnosticism