Art and the Bible Glossary

Art and the Bible Glossary

pacifist

a person who stands out against any war

doxology

a liturgical formula of praise to God

statism

a political system in which the state is superior over any affairs, like social and economic

salvation

saving from sin that is brought by the faith in Christ

confrontation

contradiction, opposition

monolithic

solid, massive

liberalism

a political position which assumes that human liberty is the highest value

rationalism

a position which assumes that reason, rather than emotion, is the most important thing when a decision is to be made

infanticide

a murder of a child right after its birth

nihilism

the belief that life has no meaning

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