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Generally the word "gentile" means non-Jew. I
In Hinduism and Buddhism the word guru refers to a spiritual teacher, or master...
Hagiography is writing about the lives of saints or holy people.
The word "holocaust" (little "h") means, literally, all burnt up.
In the Navajo (Diné) worldview hozho (roughly translated as "beauty") refers to an ideal of harmony, order, and balance...
Some of the earliest texts of Chinese Taoism refer to immortal spiritual masters, the hsien.
Idolatry is, literally, the worship of idols.
To be immortal is to live forever.
Proponents of Intelligent design insist that the complexity of the natural world reveals the hand of a cosmic creator,
James Ussher (1581-1656) is best known for his treatise on chronology.
In common usage the jeremiad is typically used to describe speech or writing that is lengthy, cautionary and critical.
The Jubilee Year, according to the Hebrew scriptures, comes every fifty years.
K'vod Habriot is Hebrew for "human dignity."
The Kaaba is the holiest place in Islam.
Karma, in Sanskrit, simply means "action."
In the Sikh religion, the Khalsa is an order of believers that, over the course of centuries, has become the basis of authority and practice...
Kwanzaa was first celebrated from December 26 to January 1, 1966, as a secular holiday honoring African heritage.
Kyriarchy is a term used in feminist theology to mean the domination of a lord or master...
La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre or Our Lady of Charity, is the patron saint of Cuba...
Left Behind is the name of an enormously successful book series that deals with themes of the apocalypse