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






2. Present in the visible world.






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






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






5. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual realities.






6. Belief that there are many deities.






7. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






9. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.






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






11. Taking a flexible & non-dogmatic approach.






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






13. Strictly standing by received traditions.






14. Repeated & patterned religious act.






15. Strictly standing by received traditions.






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






17. Physical embodiment of the divine.






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






19. Belief that there are many deities.






20. Belief that there is no deity.






21. Present in the visible world.






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






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






24. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






25. Full awareness of invisible Reality.






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






27. Theory that scientific discoveries prove the existence of an all encompassing Designer & since they reveal complexities beyond chance or evolutionary process.






28. Repeated & patterned religious act.






29. Narrative using symbols to convey abstract ideas.






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






31. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






33. Visible representation of an invisible reality or concept.






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






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






36. Belief that there is no deity.






37. Belief in a deity or deities.






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






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






40. Doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true by religious institutions.






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






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






43. Belief that there is only one deity.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Worldly & secular & as opposed to sacred.






50. Personal awareness of the existence of Unseen Reality.