Glossary of religious and spiritual terms
(Starting with "U")
By
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance,
Toronto, Canada
http://www.religioustolerance.org/glossary.htm
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UFO:
See Unidentified Flying Objects. |
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Ulama:
Learned scholars of Islamic law and jurisprudence.
Singular form: alim |
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Ummah:
A Muslim word that means the community of
nation of Muslim believers. |
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Unbeliever:
a person who does not believe in your particular
religion, denomination or religious tradition.
Similar to infidel, but less judgmental.
Of course if a person of faith group "A"
regards a person of faith group "B"
as an unbeliever, then the "Bs" would
probably also regard the "As" to be
unbeliever. |
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Unconditional
election: This is the second of the The
Five Points of Calvinism:
the belief that God decided before he created
the universe that certain people would be chosen
to make knowledgeable about himself. The rest
would remain ignorant, be damned, and spend eternity
in Hell. |
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Unidentified
Flying Objects: (acronym: UFOs). Objects seen
flying in the sky whose source and nature cannot
be determined. Much of the public believes that
these are advanced space ships, perhaps extraterrestrial.
Some conservative Christians have speculated that
these ships are piloted by demons. A number of
religions have been founded that are based on
beliefs that UFOs are piloted by an advanced civilization
of creatures who are trying to communicate with
humans. |
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Unipersonality:
The belief that Jesus had both a divine and a
human nature within his personality. |
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Unitarian:
There are two distinct and unrelated meanings
for this term, which are often confused by non-Unitarians:
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A
monotheistic belief which was widespread
in the early Christian movement, that God
is a unity, not a trinity. A series of church
councils voted in favor of the belief that
God is a Trinity, composed of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit. Unitarianism then
became a heresy and was suppressed. |
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A
religious movement, the American Unitarian
Association (AUA), which featured a
lack of dogma, a belief in the inherent
goodness of people, and the obligation for
each member to seek out and develop his
or her own system of beliefs and ethics.
In North America, the AUA merged with the
Universalist Church to form the
Unitarian Universalist Association. They
strongly support human rights, personal
freedoms and behavior choices. |
UUA members have been accused
of being anti-Christian. In fact, about 10%
of the membership considers themselves to be
Christian; the rest are un-Christian but not
anti-Christian. All promote the freedom of everyone
to follow their own religious beliefs. |
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Universal
atonement: The belief that Jesus died for
all humans, and not just for those who are saved. |
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Universalism:
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Derived
from the Greek word apocatastasis,
which means "complete salvation".
A Christian belief that everyone would eventually
reach heaven after death. It was promoted
in the 2nd and early 3rd centuries of the
Christian church by Clement and Origen.
Traditional Christianity has taught that
universalism is a heresy.
They believe that heaven is reserved for
a small minority of people, and that the
vast majority will go to Hell to be tortured
for all eternity without mercy. Many Christian
individuals and denominations are drifting
towards Universalism because an eternity
in Hell seem to many people to be incompatible
with a loving, just deity. |
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A
liberal religious group which merged with
the American Unitarian Association
to form the Unitarian
Universalist Association. |
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A
concept in Judaism that "God created
the entire universe as a single entity,
that all people were created for a common
moral purpose, and that God chose the Jews
to convey a moral message to all humanity
so that the redemption available to all
people through God might occur."
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Universism:
This is a progressive natural philosophy which
emphasizes the personal search for truth and understanding
of the universe. They have abandoned the rigid
teachings of organized religion in favor of relative
truth, and acceptance of uncertainty. Universists
apply personal reason and experience to the fundamental
questions of human existence, derive inspiration
from the natural uncertainty of the human state,
and deny the validity of revelation, faith and
dogma." |
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Unpardonable
sin: Matthew 12:31-32 discusses a sin so serious
that a person committing it cannot be pardoned.
Unfortunately, the passage is ambiguous, and there
have been many conflicting interpretations about
what exactly this sin is. |
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Upanishads:
One of the holy texts of the Hindu religion. |
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Upsherin:
A Yiddish word meaning to "shear off."
It is a traditional Jewish celebration of a boy's
third birthday. This marks the beginning of his
formal education and his obligation to keep the
commandments and perform mitzvot (good deeds.)
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Untermenschen:
German for subhuman. Nazi category for Jews,
Roma, and others. |
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Usul:
A required, foundational belief within Islam.
One example is the unity of God. |
References:
- "On the theory of Jewish Universalism," at:
http://www.convert.org/book1.htm#1a
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