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