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