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