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Faith schools

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A school that is associated with religious tradition

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Secularisation

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The process of society moving away from religion

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Secularism

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The belief that secularisation is a benefit to society

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Intelligent design

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View that biological forms of life are fundamentally complex and so imply a designer

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Scientism

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Belief in the universal applicability of scientific knowledge and technique

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Non-overlapping magisteria

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Science and religion are 2 areas of inquiry

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Partially-overlapping magisteria

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Science and religion can work together

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Polemic

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An aggressive verbal or written attack

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Meme

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An element of culture passed on through non-genetic reasons

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Anthropic principles

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The universe must contain properties that allow us to exist

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God hypothesis

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Describes the claim there is an interventionist God

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Natural selection

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Process that results in the survival of organisms best suited to their environment

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Exclusivism

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The view that one’s own religion is the inky way to salvation/liberation

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Inclusivim

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The view that one’s religion is the final way to salvation. Other religions may have had a partial truth bit

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Religious pluralism

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The view that all religions, in different ways, reflect divine truth/ultimate reality

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Anonymous Christianity

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Person who attains salvation outside of the church

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Degree Christology

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Seeing Jesus as a human with a high degree of God not a divine being

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Noumenon

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A thing in itself, distinct from our senses

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Phenomenon

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A thing as we perceive it through our senses and context

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Christocentric

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Christ as the centre of the experience of salvation

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Ecclesio-centric

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The church as the centre of the experience of salvation

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Theocentric

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God as the centre of the experience of salvation

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Ultimate reality

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Describes the object of religious belief for the worlds religion

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Asceticism

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Discipline or training such as indulgences for religious reasons

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Manichaeism
Viewed the world as a conflict between good and evil and the soul is released only through asceticism
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Montanism
Believed in the imminent end of the world, asceticism and continuing relegation of God in prophecy
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Prosperity Gospel
The teaching that faith and giving to the church will bring health and financial blessing
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Pentecostal churches
Emphasises the working of the spirit in the church
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Charismatic churches
Individual churches that emphasise escarole religious experiences
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Stewardship
Humans as having the God-given position of managing their resources well
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Congregation
Assembly of people for worship, usually in church
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Denomination
An autonomous religious organisation composed of congregations
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Independent churches
Congregation that has no denomination
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Pentecostalism
A world wide Christian movement composed of many denominations and independent churches that focus on the experience of the worshipper and the miraculous gifts of the spirit God
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Secularisation thesis
The belief hat as societies modernise religion will decline
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Evangelicals
Christians from across many denominations who emphasise the importance of conversation and personal faith; evangelicals have a high regard for the Bible and believe that faith should influence daily life
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Androcentrism
Centres on men; places male sex associations at the centre of history
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Androgynous
Have a combination of both male and female characteristics
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Romanticism
Movement focussed on emotion and imagination; critical of rationalism
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Liberalism
In politics, the focus on protection and freedom of the individual
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Marxism
Theories of Marx and Engles that developed into communism
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Glossalia
For the miracle made possible by the Holy of speaking in a language (either human or divine) unknown to the speaker
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Xenolalia
Speaking in a known language that has not been consciously learned
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Prophecy
Direct speech from God
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Charismatic
Special qualities Christians believe they receive through the Holy Spirit
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Charismatic movement
The experiences of gifts in the spirit in churches other than Pentecostal denominations
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Restorationism
An anti-denominational Christian movement in Britain emphasising the gifts of the spirit and seeking to ‘restore’ the beliefs and practices of the early church
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Preferential option for the poor
The choice to giver preference to the well-being of the poorest in society
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Base ecclesial communities
Small groups of 15-20 Christian families who meet with a Priest and apply their insights to their struggles against oppression
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Kanonia
Fellowship or communion between Christians and God or Christians and one another
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Liberation theology
Viewed freedom and social oppression as a key area of Christian concern
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Orthodoxy
Right thinking
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Orhtroproxy
Right practice
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Tanak
Hebrew Bible
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Septuagint
Greek version of Hebrew Bible
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Apocryphal
The collection of Old Testament books used by Catholics not included in the Hebrew canon
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Intertestamental literature
Works written between the date of the final book of the Hebrew Bible and the beginning of the New Testament
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Diatessaron
The harmony of the four Gospels written in the 2nd century popular in some Syrian churches for up to 2 centuries
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Muratorian canon
Oldest known list of books of the New Testament. Contains 22 of 27 books as would not accept forgeries
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Theopheustos
Used in 2 Timothy 3:16 meaning God-breathed
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Inerrancy
Theological doctrine that the Bible is free from error in all its teachings, including faith, history and science because its divinely inspired
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Plenary verbal inspiration
Belief that the words of the Bible were given directly by God to the human authors and therefore the Bible is fully inspired
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Gnosticism
‘Having knowledge’- a movement which taught that we are trapped in an evil world, we must find special knowledge in order to be redeemed
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Eschatological fanaticism
The passages the present an apocalyptic point of view
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Realised eschatology
The ideas that Jesus not only believed in the coming of God at the end of the world but that he had already broken in to the world through his life and his ministry
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Eschatology
The study of the end of things. In biblical theology this encompasses the soul, death and resurrection, the final judgement, immorality, heaven and hell
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Kerygma
Greek for preaching or proclamation and is related to Keryx- herald or one who makes bold declaration
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Worldview
The way in which a culture looks at the world
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Enlightenment
Intellectual movement emphasising reason over religious revelation and superstition as the basis of knowledge
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Critical realism
The idea that there are real objects beyond ourselves, but that we know these objects through our own point of view or standpoint, which biases our experiences of them
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Positivism
Knowledge is only positively recognised when it is based on sense perceptions
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Naive realism
The optimistic view that you can make judgements based on raw data and senses
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Phenomenalism
The idea that any material object in the external world is only knowledge of our perceptions of sense data- we only know that we have certain types of knowledge
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Apocryphal gospels
Writings about Jesus not accepted by the Church; some exist as complete documents, others as fragments or quotations in early Christian writings
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Pseudepigrapha
‘False writings’, books written by unknown authors who claimed to be from a well-known figure in order to gain relationship g
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Gospel of Thomas
A book of 114 sayings of Jesus in 4th century CE
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From the German Quelle, ‘source’; the name given to the saying in common between Matthew and Luke which some scholars believe was a source these Gospel writers used
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Cynicism
Greek philosophical movement predating Jesus that rejected social convention to live a simple life in tune with nature and freedom
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