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World Religion Literacy
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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. Strictly standing by received traditions.
orthodox
myth
ritual
fundamentalism
2. Physical embodiment of the divine.
comparative religion
mysticism
incarnation
metaphysics
3. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
redaction
realization
exclusivism
dogma
4. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
comparative religion
realization
Creationism
Darwinism
5. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
symbol
metaphysics
enlightenment
awakening
6. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
awakening
universalism
gnosis
polytheism
7. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
atheism
gnosis
mysticism
dogma
8. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.
agnosticism
universalism
theism
immanent
9. Repeated & patterned religious act.
ritual
absolutist
dogma
enlightenment
10. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.
scientific materialism
metaphysics
profane
myth
11. Belief that all life was created by God.
Creationism
enlightenment
redaction
mysticism
12. Belief in a deity or deities.
monotheism
theism
charisma
absolutist
13. Belief that all life was created by God.
Creationism
heretic
sacred
scientific materialism
14. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
Creationism
agnosticism
theism
absolutist
15. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.
allegory
charisma
comparative religion
Darwinism
16. Belief in a deity or deities.
myth
allegory
theism
redaction
17. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.
agnosticism
enlightenment
symbol
incarnation
18. Repeated & patterned religious act.
ritual
religion
heretic
symbol
19. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.
orthodox
transcendent
fundamentalism
profane
20. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.
atheism
phenomenology
redaction
dogma
21. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
liberal
enlightenment
metaphysics
intelligent design
22. Belief that there is only one deity.
universalism
monotheism
heretic
Creationism
23. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
enlightenment
exclusivism
religion
immanent
24. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
fundamentalism
transcendent
spirituality
awakening
25. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
Darwinism
charisma
mysticism
monotheism
26. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.
orthodox
allegory
fundamentalism
scientific materialism
27. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
atheism
heretic
mysticism
exclusivism
28. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
fundamentalism
symbol
awakening
transcendent
29. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
dogma
orthodox
monotheism
fundamentalism
30. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.
metaphysics
fundamentalism
incarnation
ritual
31. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
religion
enlightenment
phenomenology
mysticism
32. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
awakening
scientific materialism
enlightenment
comparative religion
33. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.
agnosticism
universalism
exclusivism
profane
34. Belief that there are many deities.
agnosticism
sacred
phenomenology
polytheism
35. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.
metaphysics
dogma
charisma
awakening
36. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.
sacred
atheism
theism
intelligent design
37. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
exclusivism
scientific materialism
transcendent
polytheism
38. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.
agnosticism
metaphysics
theism
transcendent
39. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.
metaphysics
scientific materialism
realization
theism
40. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.
polytheism
liberal
realization
universalism
41. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.
Darwinism
redaction
incarnation
comparative religion
42. Belief that there is no deity.
awakening
atheism
allegory
transcendent
43. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
myth
sacred
phenomenology
transcendent
44. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.
redaction
transcendent
phenomenology
intelligent design
45. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
gnosis
comparative religion
intelligent design
myth
46. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
dogma
absolutist
polytheism
transcendent
47. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
liberal
gnosis
dogma
religion
48. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
universalism
Creationism
enlightenment
gnosis
49. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
incarnation
heretic
Darwinism
awakening
50. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
dogma
Darwinism
allegory
comparative religion