Important Terms
Unit One
- mysterium tremendum et fascinans
- myth
- cult
- religionist
- reductionist
- bracketing
- sacred time
- sacred space
- sacred symbol
- sacred artifact
- sacred interaction
- sacred personage
- sacred metatime
- sacred metaspace
- donation
- restoration
- enactment
- symbolization
- transformation
- accession
- transmission
- Axial Age
- Avesta
- Yasna
- Gatha
- Ahura Mazda
- Angra Mainyu
- Spenta Mainyu
- Amesha Spentas
- fravashi
- monotheism
- henotheism
- dualism
- differentiated afterlife
- Chinvat Bridge
- apokatastasis
- Magi
- syncretism
- shema
- diaspora
- synagogue
- messiah
- Second Temple Period
- tetragrammaton
- creed
- canon
- apostolic succession
- Gnosticism
- Eucharist
- transubstantiation
- shahada
- shariah
- Hijra
- Hajj
- imam
Unit Two
- dharma
- ahimsa
- sramana
- samsara
- karma
- tirthankara
- moksha
- transmigration
- merit (good karma)
- deva
- asura
- wheel of life
- Pali Canon
- arhat
- bodhisattva
- koan
- Maitreya
- universalization
- avatar
- Vedas
- Upanishads
- Ramayana
- Mahabharata
- Bhagavad Gita
- bhakti
- yoga
- trimurti
- Brahmā
- Brahman
- Brahmin
- Vishnu
- Shiva
- Sati
- Ganesha
- Rama
- Krishna
- Arjuna
- Kali
- Devi or Mahadevi Durga
- Vedanta
- Om or Aum
- mantra
- maya
- atman
- guru
- Guru Nanak
- Guru Gobindh Singh
- khalsa
- Adi Granth
- gurdwara
- Yijing
- mandate of heaven
- Dao
- De
- Mengzi
- Xunzi
- Zhu Xi
- Analects of Confucius
- Laozi
- Daodejing
- nonaction
- Zhuangzi
- kami
- torii
- honden
- matsuri