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