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