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These are some of the many religions in the world.
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Religion Vocabulary

Published on Nov 20, 2015

Essential vocabulary for understanding religion in the world.

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RELIGION

A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.
These are some of the many religions in the world.
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ADHERENT

a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
This picture shows a crowd following a leader.
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TENET/BELIEF

Any opinion held true by a group or movement.
I chose this picture because many people believed that places like this were holy and many supported this opinion.
Photo by Harry Lipson
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MONOTHEISM

Believing in one god.
This picture shows a Christian church and Christianity is a monotheistic religion.
Photo by VinothChandar
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POLYTHEISM

Believing in more that one god
This is one of the Hindu gods and in Hinduism is a polytheistic religion.
Photo by Vasanthakumar
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ATHEISM

Believing in no god
Atheists don't believe in any God and all of these religions believe in gods.
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AGNOSTICISM

Not sure if there is a god
I chose this picture because agnostics are not sure if there is a god.
Photo by BAMCorp
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THEISM

Believing in the existence of a god or many gods.
This picture shows that the person who owns this book believes in a god or gods.
Photo by Brett Jordan

Riley ONeil