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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. Physical embodiment of the divine.
incarnation
metaphysics
agnosticism
charisma
2. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
universalism
dogma
agnosticism
gnosis
3. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
mysticism
religion
redaction
absolutist
4. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
immanent
dogma
charisma
gnosis
5. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
atheism
liberal
realization
awakening
6. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.
allegory
charisma
spirituality
spirituality
7. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
symbol
scientific materialism
incarnation
phenomenology
8. Present in the visible world.
immanent
polytheism
spirituality
intelligent design
9. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
comparative religion
incarnation
ritual
religion
10. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.
heretic
Darwinism
absolutist
atheism
11. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
metaphysics
myth
charisma
exclusivism
12. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
sacred
ritual
metaphysics
exclusivism
13. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
myth
enlightenment
monotheism
realization
14. Belief that there are many deities.
polytheism
allegory
universalism
gnosis
15. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
phenomenology
atheism
gnosis
myth
16. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
transcendent
spirituality
liberal
dogma
17. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.
allegory
incarnation
mysticism
transcendent
18. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
exclusivism
immanent
mysticism
dogma
19. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
sacred
mysticism
charisma
phenomenology
20. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.
heretic
atheism
absolutist
liberal
21. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
realization
charisma
religion
monotheism
22. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
heretic
sacred
Creationism
incarnation
23. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.
heretic
awakening
exclusivism
intelligent design
24. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.
realization
enlightenment
spirituality
fundamentalism
25. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.
myth
Creationism
Darwinism
heretic
26. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.
liberal
theism
orthodox
spirituality
27. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.
redaction
phenomenology
atheism
intelligent design
28. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
orthodox
spirituality
heretic
absolutist
29. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
polytheism
absolutist
liberal
profane
30. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
immanent
fundamentalism
transcendent
mysticism
31. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
sacred
Darwinism
orthodox
atheism
32. Strictly standing by received traditions.
symbol
orthodox
allegory
phenomenology
33. Belief that there is only one deity.
myth
religion
realization
monotheism
34. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
polytheism
absolutist
immanent
incarnation
35. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
universalism
enlightenment
incarnation
symbol
36. Repeated & patterned religious act.
monotheism
ritual
sacred
myth
37. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
atheism
transcendent
ritual
absolutist
38. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.
profane
atheism
religion
redaction
39. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.
theism
immanent
symbol
heretic
40. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.
heretic
redaction
comparative religion
exclusivism
41. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
myth
incarnation
comparative religion
orthodox
42. Belief that all life was created by God.
ritual
profane
profane
Creationism
43. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
liberal
monotheism
immanent
monotheism
44. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
symbol
spirituality
myth
sacred
45. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
gnosis
mysticism
enlightenment
spirituality
46. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
gnosis
phenomenology
charisma
incarnation
47. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
comparative religion
ritual
atheism
enlightenment
48. Strictly standing by received traditions.
Darwinism
liberal
profane
orthodox
49. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
realization
enlightenment
Creationism
mysticism
50. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.
dogma
heretic
myth
Creationism