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






2. Belief that there is no deity.






3. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






6. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






7. Strictly standing by received traditions.






8. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






10. Present in the visible world.






11. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






12. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






14. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






15. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






19. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






29. Belief that all life was created by God.






30. Belief in a deity or deities.






31. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






34. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






38. Belief that there is no deity.






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






40. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






43. Repeated & patterned religious act.






44. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






45. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






46. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






47. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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