Test your basic knowledge |

World Religion Literacy

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.






2. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.






3. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.






4. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.






5. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.






6. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.






7. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.






8. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.






9. Belief that life evolved by biological processes such as natural selection.






10. Belief that all life was created by God.






11. Physical embodiment of the divine.






12. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.






13. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






15. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






16. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.






17. Present in the visible world.






18. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






19. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.






20. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






21. Belief that there is only one deity.






22. Belief in a deity or deities.






23. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






24. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.






25. Belief that there are many deities.






26. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.






27. Physical embodiment of the divine.






28. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.






29. Repeated & patterned religious act.






30. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.






31. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.






32. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






33. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






34. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.






35. Philosophy based on theories of subtle realities that transcend the physical world.






36. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.






37. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






38. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






39. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.






40. Strictly standing by received traditions.






41. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






42. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.






43. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.






44. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






45. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.






46. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






47. Belief that all life was created by God.






48. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






49. Strictly standing by received traditions.






50. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.