Glossary of religious terms

Adherents: Followers of a given Religion, Spiritual Philosophy or Cult.

Atheism: The disbelief or denial in the existance of God(s).

Deity: A supernatural being recognised as controlling some facette of the universe, life or who is the personification of a force.

Dharma: The universal principal of righteousness or duty. The path of Dharma is followed to progress spiritually and eventually attain oneness with God.

Monotheism: The belief in one universal God.

Monotheistic Polytheism: The belief that “God is one as well as many.”
Source: hinduwebsite.com

Pantheism: The belief that “God is everything and everything is God.”
Source: Owen, H. P., Concepts of Deity

Polytheism: The belief in more than one Deity.

Proselytes: Foreigners who lived among the Israelites in Biblical times.