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