A-Z: General definitions
- Rabbi
- Rachel
- Rack
- Rahab
- Rainbow
- Ramah
- Ramoth-Gilead
- Ransom
- Raphael
- Rationalism
- Rationed
- Raw material
- Reader
- Readership
- Real Presence
- Realism
- Realist
- Reason
- Rebekah
- Rebellion
- Recant
- Received Pronunciation
- Reception
- Recession
- Reconciliation
- Rector
- Rectory
- Red Sea
- Redeem
- Redeemer
- Redemption
- Redemptive
- Reflections
- Reformation
- Reformed
- Reformer
- Refrain
- Regenerate
- Regeneration
- register
- Regular Clergy
- Regularis Concordia
- Reign of terror
- Relic
- Religion
- Religious
A-Z: General definitions: Regeneration
Definition
Literally, a 'bring to birth again'. In Christian theology, the process of dying to the old life and being born to a new, spiritual life. Spiritual re-birth.
1. Consisting of or relating to (the) spirit(s), rather than material or bodily form.
2. Relating to matters of the soul, faith, religion, or the supernatural.
3. A type of religious song whose roots are in the slave communities of North America.
