Test your basic knowledge |

World Religion Literacy

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






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






7. Belief that there are many deities.






8. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






10. Belief that there is only one deity.






11. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






12. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






14. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.






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






16. Strictly standing by received traditions.






17. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.






18. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






21. Belief that there is no deity.






22. Present in the visible world.






23. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






24. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






26. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






27. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






28. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






33. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






35. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






37. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






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






42. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






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






45. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






46. Belief that there is no deity.






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






48. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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