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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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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. Spiritual reality that exists apart from the material universe.






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






3. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






4. Physical embodiment of the divine.






5. Present in the visible world.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






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






15. Present in the visible world.






16. Physical embodiment of the divine.






17. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






19. Belief that there are many deities.






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






21. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






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






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






26. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






27. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






29. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






30. Belief that all life was created by God.






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






32. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






34. Belief in a deity or deities.






35. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






36. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






37. Belief that there is no deity.






38. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






40. Belief that there is no deity.






41. Any personal response to dimensions of life that are considered sacred.






42. Strictly standing by received traditions.






43. Belief that there are many deities.






44. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






47. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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