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A prophet is, in etymological terms, simply one who speaks up.
Prosperity Gospel is the theological idea, promoted particularly in American megachurches, that it is God’s desire for Christians to be rich and prosperous in all areas of life...
The Rapture is a term referring to the belief that Jesus Christ will descend from heaven...
redemption
To reify is to "thing"-ify, to make an abstraction more real than it might deserve to be...
Although the word religion has come to mean belief in an unseen power—and the organized details of that faith—its etymology is uncertain.
To repent is to regret a crime or sin.
Revivalism is a term that is used to describe specific movements in history associated with upsurges in a particular kind of religious fervor
Sabbath means rest.
Sacrilege is the violation of a sacred object...
Also known as St. Brigid of Ireland.
Samhain is a pagan holiday that marked the beginning of winter but also celebrated the migration of the dead to the next world.
Sanctuary, referring to a place of refuge or safety, was actually a component of medieval European law...
From the Sanskrit satya (truth) and agraha (obstinacy, or force)...
In the later Middle Ages, Scholasticism rose to become Catholic Europe's dominant theological movement.
A interpretive approach that puts a premium on...
The word secular comes from the Latin saeculum...
Descendants of Jews who were expelled from Spain or Portugal in the late fifteenth century...
Shari'a is an arabic term meaning 'divinely ordained law'...
Sheilaism is the name of a personal religion, invented by a woman named Sheila Larson.