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