- "Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society."
The study of religious diversity, including the interaction between religious traditions and the impact of religious pluralism on societies.
Comparative Religion: The study of similarities and differences between various religions, their beliefs, and practices.
Religious Traditions: The various practices and beliefs of different religions, ranging from monotheistic religions like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to polytheistic religions like Hinduism.
Theology: The study of the nature of God and religious beliefs.
Religious History: The origins and development of religions over time.
Religious Philosophy: The philosophical aspects of religion, including ethics, moral values, and metaphysics.
Religious Ethics: The study of moral principles and values within religious traditions.
Spirituality: The religious practices and beliefs that focus on the inner life and personal relationship with God or one's own spirituality.
Interfaith Dialogue: The process of promoting understanding and mutual respect between different religions and cultures.
Religious Pluralism: The recognition and acceptance of different religious beliefs and practices within a society.
Religious Diversity in Society: The impact of religious diversity on society, including issues of tolerance, social justice, and coexistence among different religious groups.
Rituals and Symbolism in Religion: The significance of religious rituals and symbols in different religions.
Religious Texts: The study of religious texts, including their interpretation and relevance in different religious traditions.
Mysticism: The exploration and understanding of the mystical and spiritual experiences within different religious practices.
Religion and Politics: The role of religion in politics, including its impact on governance, laws, and public policies.
Religion and Culture: The impact of religion on different aspects of culture, including art, music, literature, and architecture.
Polytheism: The worship of multiple gods and goddesses, such as Ancient Greek, Roman, and Hindu traditions.
Monotheism: The belief in one supreme deity, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Pantheism: The belief that everything is God or part of God, as seen in some Eastern and Indigenous religions.
Animism: The belief that all things, including non-living objects, have a spiritual essence and can have an impact on the world, as found in many Indigenous and African cultures.
Atheism: The absence of belief in a god or gods.
Agnosticism: The belief that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists.
Humanism: The belief that humans are capable of creating a better world without the aid of a divine being.
New Age Spirituality: A diverse movement that emphasizes individual spiritual experiences, personal growth, and a belief in cosmic energies.
Secularism: A philosophy that emphasizes the separation of religion and government, and the prioritization of science and reason.
Exclusivism: The belief that one's own religion is the only true path to salvation or spiritual enlightenment.
Inclusivism: The belief that all religions contain some degree of truth or validity.
Eclecticism: The practice of combining or drawing from multiple religious traditions.
- "Recognizing and tolerating the religious diversity of a society or country." - "Promoting freedom of religion." - "Defining secularism as neutrality (of the state or non-sectarian institution) on issues of religion." - "Promoting friendly separation of religion and state."
- "Defining secularism as neutrality (of the state or non-sectarian institution) on issues of religion as opposed to opposition of religion in the public forum." - "Promoting friendly separation of religion and state as opposed to hostile separation or antitheism espoused by other forms of secularism."
- "One such worldview holds that one's own religion is not the sole and exclusive source of truth."
- "Acknowledges that at least some truths and true values exist in other religions." - "Two or more religions with mutually exclusive truth claims are equally valid."
- "Sometimes as a synonym for ecumenism." - "As a term for the condition of harmonious co-existence between adherents of different religions or religious denominations."
- "Promotion of some level of unity, co-operation, and improved understanding."
- "As a social norm and not merely a synonym for religious diversity."
- "Promoting freedom of religion." - "Recognizing and tolerating the religious diversity of a society or country."
- "Defining secularism as neutrality on issues of religion." - "Promoting friendly separation of religion and state."
- "Toleration (a concept that arose as a result of the European wars of religion)."
- "Perennialism is the understanding that the exclusive claims of different religions turn out, upon closer examination, to be variations of universal truths."
- "Promotion of some level of unity, co-operation, and improved understanding between different religions or different denominations within a single religion."
- "Promoting friendly separation of religion and state."
- "One's own religion is not the sole and exclusive source of truth."
- "Promoting friendly separation of religion and state as opposed to hostile separation or antitheism espoused by other forms of secularism."
- "Moral relativism may be considered a form within the concept of acknowledging the validity of mutually exclusive truth claims of different religions."
- "As a social norm and not merely a synonym for religious diversity."
- "Toleration (a concept that arose as a result of the European wars of religion)."
- "Two or more religions with mutually exclusive truth claims are equally valid."