SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
World Religion Literacy
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
phenomenology
fundamentalism
sacred
charisma
2. Belief that there is no deity.
redaction
atheism
myth
religion
3. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.
scientific materialism
symbol
dogma
monotheism
4. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
phenomenology
realization
spirituality
allegory
5. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
comparative religion
mysticism
metaphysics
metaphysics
6. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.
allegory
enlightenment
redaction
liberal
7. Strictly standing by received traditions.
profane
atheism
orthodox
myth
8. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
realization
exclusivism
comparative religion
dogma
9. Believing in one's received traditions as completely and exclusively true.
theism
religion
absolutist
phenomenology
10. Present in the visible world.
immanent
theism
redaction
agnosticism
11. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
phenomenology
awakening
incarnation
religion
12. Strictly standing by received traditions.
awakening
mysticism
symbol
orthodox
13. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.
sacred
orthodox
intelligent design
polytheism
14. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.
scientific materialism
intelligent design
allegory
gnosis
15. Belief that there are many deities.
orthodox
intelligent design
polytheism
fundamentalism
16. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.
spirituality
myth
intelligent design
comparative religion
17. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.
absolutist
polytheism
comparative religion
fundamentalism
18. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
theism
religion
fundamentalism
metaphysics
19. Physical embodiment of the divine.
mysticism
metaphysics
incarnation
fundamentalism
20. The realm of the extraordinary & beyond everyday perceptions & the supernatural & holy.
redaction
exclusivism
phenomenology
sacred
21. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.
redaction
sacred
Creationism
spirituality
22. Acceptance that truth may be found in all religions.
spirituality
theism
profane
universalism
23. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
redaction
spirituality
spirituality
transcendent
24. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.
scientific materialism
polytheism
mysticism
agnosticism
25. Belief that there is only one deity.
allegory
monotheism
intelligent design
theism
26. One whose assertions about religion are considered false by his or her religious institution.
comparative religion
heretic
transcendent
absolutist
27. A discipline that attempts to compare and understand patterns found in different religious traditions.
intelligent design
ritual
metaphysics
comparative religion
28. Insistence on What is perceived as the historical form of one's religion.
comparative religion
symbol
fundamentalism
heretic
29. Belief that all life was created by God.
awakening
immanent
Creationism
heretic
30. Belief in a deity or deities.
myth
realization
incarnation
theism
31. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.
profane
orthodox
symbol
redaction
32. Belief that only the material world exists and that the supernatural is only imagined by humans.
agnosticism
scientific materialism
dogma
ritual
33. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.
transcendent
polytheism
heretic
dogma
34. Belief in a deity or deities.
fundamentalism
incarnation
heretic
theism
35. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
mysticism
enlightenment
heretic
intelligent design
36. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
gnosis
orthodox
universalism
charisma
37. A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history.
myth
Darwinism
Creationism
incarnation
38. Belief that there is no deity.
monotheism
atheism
enlightenment
scientific materialism
39. Wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality.
enlightenment
exclusivism
allegory
sacred
40. Repeated & patterned religious act.
monotheism
ritual
allegory
scientific materialism
41. Editing and organization of a religion's scriptures.
redaction
realization
symbol
universalism
42. Magnetic attraction & a quality often ascribed to spiritual leaders.
orthodox
charisma
profane
exclusivism
43. Repeated & patterned religious act.
monotheism
theism
orthodox
ritual
44. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.
realization
intelligent design
absolutist
atheism
45. Full awareness of invisible Reality.
enlightenment
transcendent
charisma
awakening
46. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.
allegory
theism
metaphysics
symbol
47. Physical embodiment of the divine.
spirituality
incarnation
fundamentalism
monotheism
48. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.
spirituality
immanent
heretic
allegory
49. A particular response to dimensions of life considered sacred & shaped by institutionalized traditions.
religion
spirituality
enlightenment
liberal
50. Study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for their practitioners.
phenomenology
transcendent
heretic
absolutist