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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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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. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.






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






3. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






7. Belief that there is no deity.






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






9. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






10. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






12. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






13. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






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






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






18. Belief that there is only one deity.






19. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






21. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






22. Present in the visible world.






23. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






27. Repeated & patterned religious act.






28. Belief that all life was created by God.






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






32. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






33. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






35. Present in the visible world.






36. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






37. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






38. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






39. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






41. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






44. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






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






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






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






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






49. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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