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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. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.
allegory
profane
universalism
exclusivism
2. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
Darwinism
profane
transcendent
symbol
3. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.
fundamentalism
atheism
religion
symbol
4. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
Creationism
intelligent design
dogma
universalism
5. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.
awakening
profane
religion
ritual
6. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
absolutist
symbol
fundamentalism
liberal
7. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.
dogma
exclusivism
agnosticism
myth
8. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
realization
theism
awakening
religion
9. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
ritual
mysticism
universalism
comparative religion
10. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.
intelligent design
religion
spirituality
redaction
11. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
awakening
liberal
polytheism
symbol
12. Belief in a deity or deities.
theism
universalism
religion
ritual
13. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.
dogma
realization
exclusivism
incarnation
14. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
sacred
mysticism
allegory
intelligent design
15. Belief that there is only one deity.
exclusivism
polytheism
monotheism
Darwinism
16. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.
transcendent
agnosticism
Darwinism
symbol
17. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
orthodox
realization
fundamentalism
transcendent
18. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
myth
symbol
profane
heretic
19. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.
liberal
ritual
absolutist
Darwinism
20. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
redaction
theism
religion
enlightenment
21. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
sacred
exclusivism
charisma
monotheism
22. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
universalism
atheism
absolutist
heretic
23. Belief in a deity or deities.
intelligent design
immanent
theism
ritual
24. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
dogma
mysticism
gnosis
metaphysics
25. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
orthodox
profane
dogma
awakening
26. Belief that there are many deities.
dogma
polytheism
spirituality
metaphysics
27. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.
liberal
intelligent design
mysticism
comparative religion
28. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
mysticism
enlightenment
comparative religion
sacred
29. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.
myth
allegory
agnosticism
exclusivism
30. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
comparative religion
allegory
transcendent
sacred
31. Repeated & patterned religious act.
ritual
phenomenology
agnosticism
awakening
32. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.
fundamentalism
symbol
profane
sacred
33. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
agnosticism
gnosis
exclusivism
ritual
34. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
phenomenology
awakening
metaphysics
mysticism
35. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
sacred
allegory
awakening
religion
36. Present in the visible world.
immanent
agnosticism
absolutist
liberal
37. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.
symbol
Creationism
metaphysics
phenomenology
38. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.
scientific materialism
universalism
enlightenment
profane
39. Belief that all life was created by God.
Creationism
agnosticism
monotheism
profane
40. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
charisma
enlightenment
ritual
Creationism
41. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
enlightenment
mysticism
scientific materialism
metaphysics
42. Belief that there are many deities.
comparative religion
orthodox
redaction
polytheism
43. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.
dogma
agnosticism
heretic
exclusivism
44. Belief that there is only one deity.
gnosis
religion
monotheism
gnosis
45. Present in the visible world.
immanent
allegory
incarnation
comparative religion
46. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
enlightenment
awakening
incarnation
realization
47. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
liberal
absolutist
universalism
orthodox
48. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.
polytheism
dogma
profane
allegory
49. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
theism
myth
transcendent
awakening
50. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.
phenomenology
allegory
scientific materialism
exclusivism