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A Greek word meaning "indifferent."
An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know anything about God...
Ahl al-Kitāb, or People of the Book, is the Arabic term the Quran uses to distinguish Jews and Christians from the polytheistic majority of Muhammad's time.
Amen is a Hebrew word meaning truth, or certainty.
Annulment is the declaration that a marriage has had no legal existence...
In Eastern Orthodox liturgical traditions, the antimension is a decorated piece of cloth that rests on the altar...
The word apocalypse is used to refer not only to the Christian story of the end of the world, but to any catastrophic upset.
In ancient Athens, the apophrades hemerai were the unlucky days...
Apostasy is the active repudiation of a religion, and has, generally, a negative association...
Arminianism is a doctrine regarding salvation derived from the thought of Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609).
Forty days before Easter, the first day of Lent...
Avarice is excessive greed for wealth.
An avatar is, in Hinduism, the incarnation of a deity on earth.
The Basmala--which translates as "In the name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful!"--is the phrase that opens the Qur'an...
The word canon, derived from ancient Greek, refers to what is accepted as authoritative
The word 'catechesis' comes from the Greek katechesis, meaning oral instruction...
From the Greek kharisma for favor, or grace.
Charity, in the contemporary sense, means assistance to the needy.
Chick tracts are named for publisher Jack Chick's conservative-Christian-themed comics.
Communion, in simple terms, just means intimate exchange, whether of ideas or emotions.