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  1. 3. the essential, life-giving principle within living beings, often believed to 14 endure after death of the physical body; frequently thought of as immortal and 15 linked to the moral imperatives of a religion.
  2. 7. Sanskrit term primarily found in Buddhism (and Jainism) that refers to 14 the extinguishing of sorrow derived from illusions and ignorance
  3. 9. religious doctrine or other principles that authorities insist is incontrovertibly true.
  4. 10. branch of philosophy dealing with evaluating behaviour on a scale based on 29 conceptions of right and wrong and the application of ethical theories to moral problems.
  5. 11. a branch of theology that seeks to justify the doctrines of a particular faith through formal arguments.
  6. 13. principle of abstaining from sexual intercourse or even any sexual activity, 29 generally motivated by spiritual concerns.
  7. 14. a generally incorporeal supernatural being; one’s essential being or 17 animating, life-giving principle
  8. 15. assertion that only one’s own views, including religious doctrine, are true.
  9. 17. irreverent or contemptuous act or statement directed toward a deity or 11 sacred space or rite.
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  1. 1. German term for “science of religion.”
  2. 2. a monk or nun living in solitude or religious community; relating to these renunciants, their monastery, or way of life.
  3. 4. the practice of self-denial and austerity; often a feature of disciplines 3 concerned with the purification of one’s spirit or soul.
  4. 5. term used for a religious group or school within the larger tradition: for example, Zen is a sect of Buddhism and Rinzai is a sect within Zen; can also have pejorative connotations of a heretical or dangerous subgroup.
  5. 6. phenomenological “bracketing” in which suspension of one’s own beliefs 21 and an openness that neither confirms nor denies truth claims assist one in 22 empathetically engaging with another’s worldview.
  6. 8. ethical and philosophical system grounded in the teachings of Vardhamana Mahavira, known as the Jina (Conqueror); based on moral and contemplative practices.
  7. 11. defender or advocate for a particular religious tradition, belief, or view.
  8. 12. ordinary person; non-ordained religious adherent (i.e. not a monk, nun, renunciant, or religious specialist).
  9. 16. one who does not believe in the existence of any supernatural divine entity.