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