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Abortion
Removing a foetus from the womb before it has a chance to survive
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Aduletry
Cheating on their partner
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Al-Akhirah
The concept of life after death
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Ascention
When Jesus rose up to heaven to be with God
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Atonement
Making amandments for wrongdoing
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Benevolent
Being kind and loving
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Confession
Admitting to sins
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Confirmation
The act of 'confirming' your faith
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Conscience
An inner feeling of what is right and wrong
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Contraception
'Birth control' , stops a woman conceiving
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Creed
Satement of religious beliefs
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Disciples
Followers of Jesus
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Discrimination
Treating groups or individual people differently because they are different
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Dominion
The belief that that people have power over God's creation and can use it in any way
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Eucharist
When Christians remember the last supper with bread and wine
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Euthanasia
Ending someone's life to relieve them of suffering
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Evangalism
Spreading the Christian message in order to convert people
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Fasting
Not eating or drinking for a set time
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Free will
The ability to choose how you behave
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Grace
God showing favour to those who haven't earned it
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Hadith
Islamic scripture containing a collection of things the Prophet Muhammed said and did
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Hajj
The pilgrimage to Makkah and the last pillar of Islam
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Holy war
A war where people believe that God is on thier side
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Homophobia
Prejudice against people who are homosexual
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Human dignity
The idea that all uman life is valuble and everyone has the right to be treated with respect
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Human rights
The moral, legal, and political rights that every human is entitled to
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Humanism
The belief that God doesn't exist, humans should live good lives based on their knowledge
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Humanity
The entire human race
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Immanent
God/Allah is present in the human world
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Incarnation
The act by which Christians believe God became human, in the form of Jesus
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Jihad
The struggle to be a good Muslim (greater jihad) and to make the world better (lesser jihad)
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Just war
A war that meets certain criteria to be classified as necessary
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Justice
The idea of each person getting what they deserve
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Last judgment
The day of judgment
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Lent
The period spent remembering Christ's 40 days of fasting in the desert
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Liturgical
Worship that follows a set pattern that has been written out by the church
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Miracle
An event believed to be the work of God, that can't be explained by the laws of science
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Mourning
A perios of greiving over someones death
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Omnibenevolent
Being all-good
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Omnipotant
All-powerful
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Omniscient
All-knowing
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Original sin
The sin humans are born with because of Adam and Eve's sin
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Pacifism
The idea that war and physical violence are wrong under any cicircumstances
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Parable
A story about life with a hidden message
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Pilgramage
A journey to a place of religious signifigance
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Prejudice
Judging someone for no good reason or knowledge of the situation
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Procreation
Having children
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Prophet
A person on Earth who communicated God/Allah's will
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Racism
Discrimination against people of other races
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Reconciliiation
Returning to harmony and friendship after conflict
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Reformation
The idea that punished should aim to change criminals so that they don't reoffened
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reincarnation
Th erebirth of a soul in a new body after death
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Resurrection
Being brought back to life after death
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Retribution
Punishing a criminal by making them 'pay' for what they have done
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Revelation
An expireience that reveals God's presence
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Sacrament
A ceremony, of the direct communication of God's saving grace
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Salah
The action of praying 5 times a day
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Salvation
The soul being saved from death ans sin so it can reach heaven
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Sanctity of life
The beliefe that all life belongs to God/Allah so it is holy
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Sawm
The Muslim obligation to fast during daylight hours through the month Ramadan
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Sexism
Discrimination based on someone's gender
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Shahada
A pillar of Islam, the Muslim decloration of faith
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Sin
An act that breaks a religious law i.e. when God's teachings are disobayed
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Social justice
The idea that fairness in society and putting the pricipals of human rights to practice
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Stewardship
Taking care of the Earth as God's creation, so that it can be passed on to the next generation
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Tawhid
The belief that there is only one God and that one God is Allah
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Transcendant
The characteristics of God/Allah - he is beyond this world
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Transfiguration
An event in which Jesus's apperance changed miraculosly, making his clothes dazziling white
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Transubstantiation
Transformation of the Eucharistic bread and wine into the fleash and blood of Christ
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The trinity
The Son, The Father and The Holy Spirit
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Vision
A religous expirience when a person sees something sacred
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Wudu
The ritual of washing performed by Muslims before prayer
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Zakah
A pillar of Islam - all Muslims must donate 2.5% of their wealth to charity
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