Across
- 6. belief in one God
- 7. an ideal state of happiness and peace, attained through enlightenment
- 10. the worship of multiple gods
- 11. the holy book of Islam
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- 1. the Chinese belief that a ruler’s power stemmed from divine authority
- 2. Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
- 3. a set of basic ideas, beliefs, and values that form the basis of a social, economic, or political philosophy or program
- 4. the spread of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning about 586 B.C.E.
- 5. a belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that the good and evil done in a past life determines the nature of that person’s next life
- 8. a collection of ancient texts that are the foundation of Hinduism
- 9. the twelve followers of Jesus, designated to spread his message