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






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






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






4. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






5. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






9. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






11. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






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






16. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






19. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






22. Present in the visible world.






23. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






26. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






28. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






31. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






33. Repeated & patterned religious act.






34. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






37. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






39. Belief in a deity or deities.






40. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






41. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






43. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Belief that all life was created by God.






50. Full awareness of invisible Reality.