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