Spirithome.com's spiritual and religious word meanings

What Do These Spiritual or Religious Words Mean?

...and why it matters

ver.: 20 April 2008

Truth is not vague. It cuts through, using meaningful words

The words below are ones that you'll often comes across in spiritual and religious literature or talk. Sometimes, these terms can be almost as confusing or meaningless as those of a bureaucracy. A few of these words can be downright weird. They're often purposely twisted or spun into vagueness or a lie, so it's important to have a clear idea of what they really mean. This site's not a dictionary or thesaurus, but a way of getting at what really matters about these words. It gives a specifically Christian slant on the words, yet draws on their more basic, general, original, or root meanings, as well as those from other religions or philosophies. I hope you find the Spirithome.com site helpful in clearing away the smoke.

affirmation aim alarm angel. anger anoint anthropomorphism. apologetics apostasy. atonement	avoidance. beauty (new) belief blah blah blah blasphemy. carnal celestial. churchly words. commisseration compassion.	confession confidence covenant creativity. credence credibility credit death. Deism dependence.
desire diachronic and synchronic study discipleship. dogma doxology. dread edify. ephemeral epistemology escape. eschatology ethereal.	etiology (new) existential (new) expiation (new) faith. faith experience faithfulness (new) fear gentleness (new). goodness. gnosis gnosticism grace. gratitude guilt.	harmony heck (new) heresy holism. hope horror humility (new) imagination irenic. joy (new) kindness (new) legalism. long-suffering (new)
love material materialism. mercy (new) metaphysical. metempsychosis to minister mortification, mystery nirvana.	numerology numinous. om panic. pantheism paradox. paranormal. patience (new) phobia pity	pride propitiation prudence. psychic psychokinesis. qualm reincarnation relativism divine relationship. reliance redeem, redemption.
to remember repentance respect sacerdotal sect, sectarian. self self-control (new) sinner (new). soul spirit. spiritual supernatural	sympathy syncretism. synergism tantra tautology. teleology telekinesis telepathy. temperance terror testimony	theodicy. theophany tradition trust. unction universalism whatever... words about Scripture. worry yada yada yogi.

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