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






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






3. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






5. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






6. Present in the visible world.






7. Present in the visible world.






8. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






9. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Belief that there is only one deity.






18. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






19. Belief that there are many deities.






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






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






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






23. Strictly standing by received traditions.






24. Belief that all life was created by God.






25. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






26. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






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






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






30. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






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






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






33. Strictly standing by received traditions.






34. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






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






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






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






39. Belief that there are many deities.






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






41. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






44. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






46. Repeated & patterned religious act.






47. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






49. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






50. Belief that there is no deity.