| One meaning of this word is any member of Christ's church, as in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ones |
a saint |
200 |
April 6, 2007 |
| Christmas in December 25; this holiday around the same time starts on Kislev 25 on the Jewish calendar |
Hanukkah |
400 |
April 6, 2007 |
| In this religion, Sufism is mystical practice aiming at direct personal experience of God |
Islam |
600 |
April 6, 2007 |
| This religion of more than 850 million people evolved from Vedism |
Hinduism |
800 |
April 6, 2007 |
| Pope Benedict XVI's first of these was titled "Deus caritas est", "God is love" |
an encyclical |
1000 |
April 6, 2007 |
| The 3 branches of original Protestantism were Zwinglianism, Calvinism & this "ism" |
Lutheranism |
200 |
September 27, 2004 |
| The slanted bar on the Orthodox Cross may refer to these criminals flanking Jesus--one went to heaven and one didn't |
the two thieves |
400 |
September 27, 2004 |
| This sternly conservative Islamic movement named for an 18th century cleric is based in Arabia |
Wahhabism |
600 |
September 27, 2004 |
| In 1987 Hialeah, FL banned this religion's animal sacrifices; in 1993 the Supreme Court overturned the ban |
Santeria |
800 |
September 27, 2004 |
| After initiation as a Sikh, males add this 5-letter word meaning lion to their names |
Singh |
1000 |
September 27, 2004 |
| This archangel was the messenger between God & Muhammad |
Gabriel |
200 |
March 31, 2004 |
| The Unification Church was founded in this country in 1954 |
(South) Korea |
400 |
March 31, 2004 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the front of the Temple de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain) The facade named this, the word for Jesus' suffering & death, has sober design elements like columns that look like bones |
the Passion Facade |
600 |
March 31, 2004 |
| The Tenrikyo sect associated with this religion puts Japan at the center of the universe |
Shintoism |
800 |
March 31, 2004 |
| 1 of the 5 symbols worn by members of this Punjab-centered religion is the kirpan, a sword |
Sikhism |
1000 |
March 31, 2004 |
| The Koran was revealed to him beginning one night on Mount Hira in 610 |
Mohammed |
200 |
July 9, 2003 |
| The Greco-Russian Church is another name for this family of Christian churches in eastern Europe |
Orthodox churches |
400 |
July 9, 2003 |
| Want to officiate at a friend's wedding? You can get ordained online in 3 minutes with this church abbreviated ULC |
Universal Life Church |
600 |
July 9, 2003 |
| In the novel "Shogun", it's defined as "Fate immutably fixed because of deeds done in a previous life" |
karma |
800 |
July 9, 2003 |
| In Judaism, "sitting" this 7-day mourning period is often done on low chairs or on the floor |
shiva |
1000 |
July 9, 2003 |
| A symbol of Judaism, the Magen David is a star of this many points |
6 |
200 |
March 26, 2003 |
| Biblically speaking, they're also called the Decalogue |
The Ten Commandments |
400 |
March 26, 2003 |
| Quakers is the popular name for members of the Religious Society of these |
Friends |
600 |
March 26, 2003 |
| The name of this religion means "the way of the gods" in both Chinese & Japanese |
Shinto |
800 |
March 26, 2003 |
| This book of the Bible was named for a prophet & son of Hilkiah the priest, not a bullfrog |
Jeremiah |
1000 |
March 26, 2003 |
| In the Roman Catholic Church fasting during Lent need only occur on Ash Wednesday & this day |
Good Friday |
200 |
October 30, 2002 |
| The untouchables were those who existed outside India's 4 main groups of castes in this religion |
Hinduism |
400 |
October 30, 2002 |
| This political & religious movement began in Jamaica in the 1920s |
Rastafarianism |
600 |
October 30, 2002 |
| This Christian religious minority group of Egypt once spoke Greek but now speaks Arabic in everyday life |
Copts |
1000 |
October 30, 2002 |
| After WWII the state form of this Asian religion was abolished; the sectarian form was unaffected |
Shintoism |
|
October 30, 2002 |
| One who has memorized the complete text of this Muslim holy book is known as a hafiz |
Koran |
200 |
May 17, 2002 |
| Traditional marriages in this religion occur under a huppa, a canopy that symbolizes union of bride & groom |
Judaism |
400 |
May 17, 2002 |
| From 1512 to 1546, this leader of the Reformation taught theology at Wittenberg University |
Martin Luther |
600 |
May 17, 2002 |
| According to Buddhist belief, people who attain this, literally "extinction", have perfect peace & blessedness |
nirvana |
800 |
May 17, 2002 |
| We know this Chinese philosopher by his Latinized name, which means "great master Kong" |
Confucius |
1000 |
May 17, 2002 |
| "Mendicant" religious orders made their money the hard way, they did this to earn it |
Beg |
100 |
September 27, 2000 |
| Old traditions of the Jewish holiday Lag Ba-Omer include bonfires & 3-year-old boys getting this cut for the first time |
Hair |
200 |
September 27, 2000 |
| The "Oxford Dict. of World Religions" calls it "the reverse side of blessing" (Mom didn't like it either) |
Cursing |
300 |
September 27, 2000 |
| Sawm, the fourth pillar of Islam, is this & it's done at times for a whole month |
Fasting |
400 |
September 27, 2000 |
| Rastafarians have roots in 2 places: Ethiopia & this island |
Jamaica |
|
September 27, 2000 |
| On Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, Jews observe the destruction of the first & second of these |
Temples |
100 |
October 11, 1999 |
| Legend says he spent 98 days beneath a large bo tree, 49 to solve the riddle of suffering & 49 more to meditate |
Buddha |
200 |
October 11, 1999 |
| Among the 6 schools of philosophy of this religion are nyaya & yoga |
Hinduism |
300 |
October 11, 1999 |
| The Japanese once worshiped their emperor as a descendant of Amaterasu Omikami. the top goddess in this religion |
Shinto |
400 |
October 11, 1999 |
| The sister of Moses & Aaron, she was the first woman given the title of prophetess |
Miriam |
500 |
October 11, 1999 |
| In this religion, prayer time is announced from a minaret by a muezzin, or crier |
Islam |
100 |
May 24, 1999 |
| Founded in Boston in 1879, this church maintains "reading rooms" across the country open to the public |
Christian Science |
200 |
May 24, 1999 |
| It's said that this founder of Methodism traveled 225,000 miles on horseback to preach the gospel |
John Wesley |
300 |
May 24, 1999 |
| Around 1154 the Carmelite religious order was founded on Mount Carmel in what is now this country |
Israel |
400 |
May 24, 1999 |
| Mahayana, the liberal branch of this religion, is practiced mainly in Korea, Taiwan & Japan |
Buddhism |
500 |
May 24, 1999 |
| From the Latin for "brother" comes this term for some mendicant monks; Tuck was one |
Friars |
100 |
May 11, 1998 |
| In Zoroastrianism, water & a liquid called haoma are sacrificed in the presence of this substance |
Fire |
200 |
May 11, 1998 |
| Between February 11 & July 16, 1858, the Virgin Mary made a reported 18 appearances at this site |
Lourdes |
300 |
May 11, 1998 |
| The Theravada school considers itself the closest to the original form of this religion |
Buddhism |
400 |
May 11, 1998 |
| The Hindu trinity is Brahma, Vishnu & this god |
Shiva |
500 |
May 11, 1998 |
| The Falasha Jews of Ethiopia claim descent from King Solomon & this woman |
Sheba |
100 |
January 22, 1998 |
| The Deseret News is one of several publications owned by this church |
Mormons (LDS) |
200 |
January 22, 1998 |
| The name of this Christian sacrament is from the Greek for "to dip" |
Baptism |
300 |
January 22, 1998 |
| Tradition says this central shrine of Islam, located in Mecca, was built by Abraham & Ishmael |
Kaaba |
400 |
January 22, 1998 |
| With more than 60 million members worldwide, it's the largest Protestant denomination |
Lutheranism |
500 |
January 22, 1998 |
| In Santeria, which combines Catholicism & African ritual, this apostle once named Simon is called Oggun |
Peter |
100 |
July 7, 1997 |
| Quaker gatherings for either business or worship are called these |
Meetings |
200 |
July 7, 1997 |
| In the 1500s this German movement claimed all people, not just Catholic priests, had access to divinity |
Protestant Reformation |
300 |
July 7, 1997 |
| In the 500s B.C. this religion claimed all people, not just Brahman priests, had access to divinity |
Buddhism |
400 |
July 7, 1997 |
| This term for the Christian belief that denies the trinity lent its name to a denomination |
Unitarianism |
|
July 7, 1997 |
| The first translation of this book printed in America was John Eliot's 1661-63 Algonquian one |
the Bible |
100 |
June 12, 1997 |
| In October 1996 the Pope told scientists this theory was sound if they accept it as God's work |
evolution |
200 |
June 12, 1997 |
| On June 14, 1992 this world leader returned to the Russian Orthodox church after years as an atheist |
Boris Yeltsin |
300 |
June 12, 1997 |
| The Persian poet Rumi was a Sufi, a member of the mystic sect of this religion |
Islam |
400 |
June 12, 1997 |
| This "Tao Te Ching" author attracted many admirers, including a young Confucius |
Lao-Tzu |
500 |
June 12, 1997 |
| The Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, is in this city |
Jerusalem |
100 |
November 29, 1996 |
| The man with this title is the immediate spiritual father to a Benedictine monastery |
Abbot |
200 |
November 29, 1996 |
| It's the number of books in the Torah |
5 |
300 |
November 29, 1996 |
| The Mandir Mahotsav, which opened in England in August of 1995, is this religion's largest temple outside India |
Hinduism |
400 |
November 29, 1996 |
| The Bodhi tree, a type of Indian fig tree, is sacred to followers of this religion |
Buddhism |
500 |
November 29, 1996 |
| The title of this leader of a Jewish congregation means "my master" in Hebrew |
rabbi |
100 |
November 15, 1996 |
| This apostle who denied he knew Jesus 3 times is sometimes called the "Apostle to the Jews" |
Peter |
200 |
November 15, 1996 |
| Divided into 114 suras or chapters, this Islamic book is the earliest known work in Arabic prose |
the Koran |
300 |
November 15, 1996 |
| In about 500 B.C., this philosopher was appointed minister of justice in the Chinese state of Lu |
Confucius |
400 |
November 15, 1996 |
| The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto is an important shrine of the zen form of this religion |
Buddhism |
100 |
October 7, 1996 |
| Artists depict Shiva, a major deity of this religion, wearing a garland of skulls around his neck |
Hinduism |
200 |
October 7, 1996 |
| It's the religion of about 85% of the people of Bangladesh |
Muslim (or Islam) |
300 |
October 7, 1996 |
| Followers of this religion believe Moroni was the last of the Nephite prophet-historians |
Mormon |
400 |
October 7, 1996 |
| 2 curved swords, a dagger & a circle make up the symbol of this religion founded in India |
Sikhism |
500 |
October 7, 1996 |
| He's the absolute ruler of Vatican City |
the Pope |
100 |
November 8, 1993 |
| The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi developed a type of meditation that he called this |
transcendental |
200 |
November 8, 1993 |
| It's the dominant religion in Peru |
Catholicism |
|
November 8, 1993 |
| This term refers to abstinence from food for a period of time, such as during Lent for Christians |
fasting |
100 |
July 12, 1993 |
| While meditating in a cave on Mount Hira around 610, this prophet had the first of his many visions |
Mohammed |
200 |
July 12, 1993 |
| The dominant form of this religion in Burma is Theravada |
Buddhism |
300 |
July 12, 1993 |
| Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, is an important deity in this religion |
Shinto |
400 |
July 12, 1993 |
| During prayer Jewish men wear this fringed shawl |
tallit |
500 |
July 12, 1993 |
| Each person elected to this highest Catholic office gets a new ring designed just for him |
pope |
100 |
March 31, 1993 |
| A hajji is a Muslim who's made a pilgrimage to this city |
Mecca |
200 |
March 31, 1993 |
| Artists often depict Durga, a goddess of this Indian religion, riding a lion or a tiger |
Hinduism |
300 |
March 31, 1993 |
| Members of this ancient Celtic order served as judges as well as priests |
Druids |
400 |
March 31, 1993 |
| The archbishop of Uppsala is the presiding bishop of the church of this country |
Sweden |
500 |
March 31, 1993 |
| American colony that was a "holy experiment" for the Society of Friends or Quakers |
Pennsylvania |
100 |
July 19, 1991 |
| 1 of the 2 gospels in which a version of the Lord's Prayer appears |
Luke (or Matthew) |
200 |
July 19, 1991 |
| This Christian church is headed by the patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt |
the Coptic Christian Church |
300 |
July 19, 1991 |
| In Judaism it's the collective term for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur |
the High Holy Days |
400 |
July 19, 1991 |
| A religious retreat or commune in India; Gandhi had one at Wardha |
an ashram |
500 |
July 19, 1991 |
| The angel Moroni told him about the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated |
Joseph Smith |
100 |
May 10, 1990 |
| Officially, any practicing Roman Catholic male can be elected to this high office |
Pope |
200 |
May 10, 1990 |
| Dating from 1763, the oldest synagogue in the U.S. is in this resort town in Rhode Island |
Newport |
300 |
May 10, 1990 |
| House of worship in which prayer is led by an imam |
Mosque |
500 |
May 10, 1990 |
| John Calvin's followers in England were "Puritans"; his followers in France were called this |
Huguenots |
|
May 10, 1990 |
| A recent N.Y. Times-CBS poll indicates a majority of U.S. Catholic priests would like to do this |
marry |
100 |
April 6, 1988 |
| Religion whose Bible begins with the Book of Genesis & ends with II Chronicles |
Judaism |
200 |
April 6, 1988 |
| The American Quakers' General Conference headquarters is in this city |
Philadelphia |
300 |
April 6, 1988 |
| The United Church is this large country's largest protestant denomination |
Canada |
400 |
April 6, 1988 |
| Common in Africa, it's not the worship of animals but of spirits |
animism |
500 |
April 6, 1988 |
| In October of 1986, South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church denounced this |
apartheid |
100 |
November 20, 1987 |
| The president of this Arab country must be a Maronite Christian |
Lebanon |
200 |
November 20, 1987 |
| English spellings of the names of all seven archangels of Judeo-Christian tradition end with these two letters |
E-L |
300 |
November 20, 1987 |
| At first, Jim Bakker claimed that this Louisiana-based Pentecostal preacher wanted to take over the PTL |
Jimmy Swaggart |
400 |
November 20, 1987 |
| On May 9, 1969, it was declared that 200 Catholic saints would lose these |
Feast Days |
500 |
November 20, 1987 |
| In 1915, the Religious Society of Friends tried to make this company change its name |
Quaker Oats |
100 |
October 3, 1986 |
| In Judaism, the Sabbath begins and ends with this astronomical event |
sunset |
200 |
October 3, 1986 |
| India's Taj Mahal is associated with this religion |
Muslim (Islam) |
400 |
October 3, 1986 |
| Denomination founded by a group of Oxford University students led by John Wesley |
Methodism |
500 |
October 3, 1986 |
| A hit in 1953, this song of faith made No. 3 on the charts when Elvis released in in 1965 |
<i>Crying in the Chapel</i> |
|
October 3, 1986 |
| Country that is home to Parsis & Sikhs |
India |
100 |
September 14, 1984 |
| More common name for The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society |
Jehovah\'s Witnesses |
200 |
September 14, 1984 |
| Some 3 million pilgrims visit this small French town annually |
Lourdes |
300 |
September 14, 1984 |