Glossary of religious and spiritual terms
(Starting with "K")
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Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance,
Toronto, Canada
http://www.religioustolerance.org/glossary.htm
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Ka'bah:
A structure that Muslims belive was originally
constructed by Abraham and his eldest son. Millions
of Muslims orient themselves towards the Ka'bah
every day during prayers. |
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Kabala
(also spelled Kabalah,
Kaballa, Kaballah, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Kabballa,
Kabballah, and varius spellings starting with
the letter C and Q) A Jewish mystical tradition.
See Cabbalah. |
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Kama:
From the Sanskrit word for love and desire.
Kama is the Hindu God of love and erotic desire. |
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Karma:
the integrated collection of good and evil that
a person accumulates during their present and
former lives. Hindus, Buddhists and some others
believe that the amount and type of karma will
determine a person's state when they are reincarnated
in their next life. Similarly, the sum total of
one's acts in previous lives determines one's
current life. Although the term normally applies
to individuals, there exists group karma, family
karma and even national karma. Some New Agers
and Neopagans also believe in Karma, but generally
restrict its effect to a person's current lifetime.
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Kenosis:
A Greek word which means "emptying."
Paul used the term in Philippians 2:7 to describe
his belief about the process by which Yeshua of
Nazareth (Jesus Christ) discarded his supernatural
powers and became human. |
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Ketubah:
A Jewish marriage contract which specifies the
groom's obligations to the bride. |
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Khutba:
A Muslim term referring to a Friday sermon in
a mosque. |
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Kibbutz:
Jewish term for a communal settlement. |
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Kiddushin:
Hebrew for "consecration:" A Jewish
engagement to be married. |
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Kippah:
(also spelled kippa): A head covering traditionally
used only by male Jews. "...the Code of
Jewish Law says, 'It is forbidden to walk four
cubits without a head covering'." 1
Synonym: yarmulke. |
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Koine:
"The common Greek language as distinct
from Classical Greek." 1
The Septuagint and the Christian Scriptures (New
Testament) were written in Koine Greek. |
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Koinonia:
A Greek word (pronounced Koy-no-NEE-ah). It was
used in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament)
to describe the early Pauline Christian church.
It means "communication," "fellowship",
or "communion." |
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Koran:
The name of the God-inspired text of Islam. Most
Muslims prefer an alternative spelling: Qur'an. |
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Kosher:
A set of Jewish dietary rules specified in the
Hebrew Scriptures and practiced by many Jews. |
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Krishna:
The eighth or ninth incarnation of a Hindu god
Vishnu. |
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Ksana:
A Buddhist term for a short interval of time;
about 13.3 millisecond. It takes 4,500 ksanas
to equal one minute. |
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Kufr:
A Muslim term for disbelief. |
References:
- Alan Cairns, "Dictionary of Theological Terms," Ambassador-Emerald
Int., (1998).
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"Ask Rabbi Simmons: Kippah - Yarmulke," About.com at:
http://judaism.about.com/
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