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World Religion Literacy

Subjects : trivia, culture
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. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.






2. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






3. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






4. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






7. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






9. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






11. Belief that there is only one deity.






12. Belief that there is no deity.






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






14. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






15. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.






16. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.






17. Repeated & patterned religious act.






18. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.






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






20. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






24. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.






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






26. Strictly standing by received traditions.






27. Present in the visible world.






28. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.






29. Belief that there is no deity.






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






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






32. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






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






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






36. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






37. Belief that there are many deities.






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






39. Belief that there are many deities.






40. Repeated & patterned religious act.






41. Belief that one's own tradition is the only true religion and that others are invalid.






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






43. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






45. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






48. Present in the visible world.






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






50. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.