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