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World Religion Literacy

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.






2. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.






3. Belief that there is only one deity.






4. Belief that there is no deity.






5. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.






6. Strictly standing by received traditions.






7. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.






8. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.






9. Repeated & patterned religious act.






10. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.






11. Physical embodiment of the divine.






12. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






13. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






14. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.






15. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






16. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.






17. Belief that there is only one deity.






18. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






19. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






20. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.






21. Belief in a deity or deities.






22. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






23. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






24. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.






25. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.






26. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.






27. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.






28. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






29. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.






30. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.






31. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.






32. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.






33. Strictly standing by received traditions.






34. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.






35. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






36. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.






37. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.






38. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






39. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






40. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






41. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.






42. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






43. Physical embodiment of the divine.






44. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.






45. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






46. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






47. Repeated & patterned religious act.






48. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.






49. Belief that there are many deities.






50. Present in the visible world.