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