REL 100: Crossword terms

"way" or "path", "the Way of all things", rhythm of nature

"the One." the primordial energy, the breath of life, life force

dark, heavy, obscure, passive, earth, death, and feminine,

light, warm, airy, active, life, heaven, and masculine

Sacred rituals, etiquette, propriety

Lord-on-High, ruler of the universe

"The Classic of the Way and its Power"

"non-action, " "inaction," "non-purposiveness", refraining from overly aggressive action

Author of Daodejing

God of the Stove

Virtue

An intellectual movement rooted in the self-cultivation of moral virtue

Confucius is the Latin version of his Chinese name

The reputed sayings and conversations of Confucius

Gentleman, sage, "ideal person"

humaneness; empathy

reciprocity

filial piety

the rectification of names

temples or "temples of culture" dedicated to Confucius

Spirit, god.

Earliest chronicles of Japanese history from the creation down to the middle of the seventh century.

Second Chronicles of Japanese history

He Who Invites, the male principle, a deity in the earliest chronicles of Japanese history

She Who Invites, the female principle, a deity in the earliest chronicles of Japanese history

the Sun goddess

Code of honor for Japanese warriors

Major shrine to the Sun goddess

Shelf or home altar for the veneration of Japanese spirits

Gatelike structure. It marks the territory of a Shinto shrine

Emperor who modernized Japan in the last quarter of the nineteenth century

Doctrines about the end of times and the end of life

The Hebrews' migration from Egypt under the leadership of Moses

Name for the Hebrew Bible

Day of prayer and rest (Saturday)

It refers to "law," "instruction," "teaching" based on divine revelation

Prophets (second part of the Hebrew Bible)

the Writings (third part of the Hebrew Bible)

an early-winter Jewish Festival that recalls the rededication of the Second Temple

Priestly families in charge of the temple

Semimonastic Jewish group usually associated with the Dead Sea scrolls

Jewish sect that believed in the authority of the Oral Torah and the resurrection of the dead

First- century Jewish revolutionaries

Teacher of the Torah

First king of Israel

Festival that commemorates the Exodus

Dispersed people. It began with the Babylonian exile

Code of law compiled by Rabbi Judah around 200 CE

Commentary on the Mishnah

Codified Oral Torah (Mishnah and its commentary together)

"direction", legal material, commandments and rules for living in the codified Oral Torah

Literally, it means "tradition", "received", "handed down." It has come to designate Jewish Mysticism

Book of Splendor, a mystical commentary on the Torah, written in thirteenth-century Spain

Jewish religious movement that appeared in eighteenth-century Eastern Europe as a response to excessive Talmudic study and persecution

Master of the Good Name, whose real name was Israel ben Eliezer (1700-1760), founder of Hasidism.

Title meaning "Righteous Person" used for a wise master and leader of the Hasidim Haskalah

Prayer shawl

Quorum for a prayer service in a synagogue (10)

the coming-of-age ceremony for boys

Ritually correct diet

New Year (September or October)

Day of Atonement

Jews of Northern and Eastern Europe

Mediterranean Jews

Phylacteries (small boxes containing Biblical scriptures)

Interpretation, commentary of scripture

Attack against Jews

The appearance of an angel to the Virgin Mary to tell her that she would bear a son, conceived by the Holy Spirit to save the world

Good News

sacred image in Eastern Orthodox Christian church

Revelation about the dramatic end of the present age

The ascent of Jesus to heaven forty days after his resurre

Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, made in Alexandria

The Lord's supper

List of authoritative scriptures

God became flesh in Jesus

Preparatory period before Easter. It lasts 40 days.

The "anointed," the expected king and deliverer of the Jews; a term applied by Christians to Jesus

Eastern branch of Christianity. It also means correct belief.

Concept of God as having three "persons" or three manifestations as Father (Creator), Son (Redeemer) and Holy Spirit (Revelator)

Month of spiritual preparation leading up to Christmas

Attempt to understand the nature of Jesus and his relationship with God

Refers to three similar books of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke

Idea in Catholicism (but not in Protestantism) that wine and bread are mystically transformed into the blood and flesh of Christ during the Lord's Supper

It means "father" literally and designates the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church

Remission of time spent in purgatory in Catholicism

Intermediate after-death state in which souls are purified from sin

Submission to God

Prayer leader in Sunni Islam; one of the hereditary successors of Muhammad in Shiite Islam

A person who submits to God and follower of Islam

Person who calls people to prayer

Tower used by a chanter who calls people to pray

Arabic word meaning "the God" and used as a proper name for God

Islam's holy book meaning "recitation." It is understood as the direct Word of God.

"well-trodden path" or the way of the ancestors in pre-Islamic Arabia. After Muhammad, it designated Muhammad's behavior and the pattern of life he established. It is one of the sources of Islamic law.

Muhammad's tribe

Community of the Prophet

Chapter of the Qur'an

Ritual prayer, an act of adoration of God

The city of Medina before the Emigration

The migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622

The direction of the prayer toward Mecca

Prophet's miraculous ascent to Heaven

Religious and political leaders of the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad

Muhammad's first wife

First caliph or successor to Muhammad (also called "Rightly Guided")

Second caliph

Third caliph

Fourth caliph, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law and husband of Muhammad's daughter Fatima

Muhammad's daughter

Annual Shii festival to commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn

Jurists and scholars of Islam

Islamic law as a whole (= lit. the way to the water hole)

Sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad

School of jurisprudence

Independent interpretation or personal reasoning applied to the development of legal opinions

Devotional remembrance or repetition of God's names. It is one of the favorite meditation practices of Sufis

Sufi master

Sufi brotherhood formed by the 12th century

Central Asian famous philosopher and physician (980-1037) whose books served as textbooks in medieval European universities until the seventeenth century

Almsgiving equivalent to 2.5 percent of people's wealth (it is one of the five pillars of Islam)

Fast during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet in one of the last ten nights of this month.

Pilgrimage to Mecca. It is one of the five pillars of Islam.

Islamic profession of faith: "There is no God, but God (ALLAH), and Muhammad is the messenger." It is one of the five pillars of Islam

Partisans of Ali. They separated from the Sunnis over the status of Ali as the immediate successor to Muhammad.