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