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