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