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World Religion Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
orthodox
symbol
fundamentalism
monotheism
2. Belief that there are many deities.
liberal
exclusivism
allegory
polytheism
3. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
spirituality
sacred
agnosticism
phenomenology
4. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.
profane
intelligent design
comparative religion
myth
5. Present in the visible world.
immanent
awakening
orthodox
heretic
6. Present in the visible world.
myth
immanent
incarnation
comparative religion
7. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
scientific materialism
redaction
realization
myth
8. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
sacred
dogma
orthodox
mysticism
9. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
awakening
myth
mysticism
charisma
10. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
symbol
liberal
spirituality
exclusivism
11. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.
exclusivism
myth
universalism
fundamentalism
12. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
charisma
spirituality
immanent
scientific materialism
13. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.
heretic
enlightenment
Darwinism
metaphysics
14. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
fundamentalism
heretic
gnosis
charisma
15. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.
realization
ritual
charisma
spirituality
16. Repeated & patterned religious act.
ritual
exclusivism
atheism
fundamentalism
17. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
charisma
liberal
myth
orthodox
18. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.
agnosticism
scientific materialism
absolutist
Darwinism
19. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.
redaction
allegory
incarnation
universalism
20. Strictly standing by received traditions.
heretic
exclusivism
orthodox
mysticism
21. Belief that all life was created by God.
symbol
phenomenology
Creationism
immanent
22. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.
transcendent
intelligent design
atheism
mysticism
23. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
incarnation
transcendent
realization
fundamentalism
24. Belief that there is only one deity.
orthodox
ritual
awakening
monotheism
25. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.
phenomenology
heretic
universalism
polytheism
26. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
comparative religion
symbol
universalism
transcendent
27. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
fundamentalism
mysticism
mysticism
religion
28. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
exclusivism
comparative religion
Darwinism
fundamentalism
29. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.
transcendent
heretic
monotheism
Darwinism
30. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
liberal
charisma
monotheism
profane
31. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
liberal
allegory
absolutist
agnosticism
32. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.
Darwinism
transcendent
agnosticism
heretic
33. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
scientific materialism
intelligent design
intelligent design
transcendent
34. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.
redaction
transcendent
polytheism
intelligent design
35. Physical embodiment of the divine.
enlightenment
phenomenology
incarnation
comparative religion
36. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
religion
phenomenology
symbol
polytheism
37. Belief that there is only one deity.
Creationism
incarnation
enlightenment
monotheism
38. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.
scientific materialism
polytheism
monotheism
intelligent design
39. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.
phenomenology
allegory
heretic
Darwinism
40. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
gnosis
enlightenment
absolutist
theism
41. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
liberal
heretic
Creationism
realization
42. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
spirituality
comparative religion
heretic
sacred
43. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.
intelligent design
myth
comparative religion
exclusivism
44. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
exclusivism
profane
heretic
Darwinism
45. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
universalism
enlightenment
sacred
monotheism
46. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.
enlightenment
allegory
metaphysics
Darwinism
47. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.
Darwinism
agnosticism
realization
heretic
48. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
orthodox
scientific materialism
enlightenment
fundamentalism
49. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.
ritual
redaction
fundamentalism
atheism
50. Belief in a deity or deities.
scientific materialism
metaphysics
absolutist
theism