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






2. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






4. Belief that if there is anything beyond this life & it is impossible for humans to know it.






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






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






7. Belief that there is no deity.






8. Belief that all life was created by God.






9. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






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






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






12. Present in the visible world.






13. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






15. Belief that there is no deity.






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






17. The intuitive perception of spiritual truths beyond the limits of reason.






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






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






20. Strictly standing by received traditions.






21. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






23. Physical embodiment of the divine.






24. Repeated & patterned religious act.






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






26. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






28. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






29. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






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






32. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






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






35. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






37. Belief that there are many deities.






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






39. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






40. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






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






44. Present in the visible world.






45. Belief that there is only one deity.






46. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






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






50. Strictly standing by received traditions.