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World Religion Literacy

Subjects : trivia, culture
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. Physical embodiment of the divine.






2. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






4. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






5. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






6. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






8. Present in the visible world.






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






10. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.






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






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






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






14. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






17. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






18. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






21. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






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






32. Strictly standing by received traditions.






33. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






35. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






36. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






38. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






42. Belief that all life was created by God.






43. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






44. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






46. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






48. Strictly standing by received traditions.






49. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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