Glossary of religious terms
(Starting with "K")
By
B.A. Robinson,
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance,
Canada
http://www.religioustolerance.org/glossary.htm
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Note:
Conservative Christian faith groups often define terms
very differently than other faith groups and secular
movements. The former are shown in italics
in the below lists of words.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Kama:
From the Sanskrit word for love and desire.
Kama is the Hindu God of love and erotic desire. |
| Karma:
the integrated collection of good and evil that
a person accumulates during one's present and
former lives. It is believed by Hindus, Buddhists
and some others 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. During their lives, most people
have performed good and bad deeds and thus have
generated good and bad karma. Thus their next
life will be a mixture of misery and unhappiness.
Although the term normally applies to individuals,
there exists group karma, family karma and even
national karma. Some New Agers and Neopagans believe
in Karma, but tend to restrict its effect to a
person's present lifetime. |
| 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. |
| Ketubah:
A Jewish marriage contract which specifies the
groom's obligations to the bride. |
| Khutba:
A Muslim term referring to a Friday sermon in
a mosque. |
| 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. |
| Koine:
"The common Greek language as distinct
from Classical Greek." 1
The Septuagint and the Christian Scriptures (New
Testament) were written in Koine Greek. |
| 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." |
| Koran:
The name of the God-inspired text of Islam. Most
Muslims prefer an alternative spelling: Qur'an. |
| Kosher:
A set of Jewish dietary rules specified in the
Hebrew Scriptures and practiced by many Jews. |
| Krishna:
The eighth or ninth incarnation of a Hindu god
Vishnu. |
| Ksana:
A Buddhist term for a short interval of time;
about 13.3 millisecond. It takes 4,500 ksanas
to equal one minute. |
References:
- Alan Cairns, "Dictionary
of Theological Terms," Ambassador-Emerald
Int., (1998).
- "Ask
Rabbi Simmons: Kippah - Yarmulke," About.com
at:
http://judaism.about.com/
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