Religous Studies Vocab

A story that has universal truths. Often very old and passed on from generation to generation.

Messages that lie behind the details of a story. Believed to be timeless and elevant to all people in all times.

The first book of the Christian Bible and Jewish Torah. Tells the story of creation and the early history of the Jewish people.

The belief that the universe was deliberately made by a higher being, according to a set plan. Leads to belief in a Creator, for most modern believers this is God.