Which refers to the Jewish conception of the divine?

God is engaged in history and demands social justice

urged disengaging from public life

Both the Buddha and Jesus

were transformed by their followers into gods

Even as the church became more fully male, women

found independence in the monasteries

What was the main cause of buddhism's dying out in India

Competition from a new type of Hinduism

What was a staple of Greek intellectuals' beliefs?

Belief that the Human mind can understand the laws of nature

Christians in the west often think of their faith as european-centered. Where did it begin?

India/China, Middle east/North West Africa

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1
Which refers to the Jewish conception of the divine?
God is engaged in history and demands social justice
Heaven as a state that individual identity is extinguished
Primal unitary energy creates divine reality
The way of nature underlies everything and never changes
2
The struggle between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu is part of which religion?
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
3
Daoism:
urged disengaging from public life
emphasized learning
Quickly died out like legalism.
Was viewed as opposite and contradicting to Confucianism.
4
Why did women go to the Buddhist order of nuns?
Because it was new.
Used the classical languag sanskrit which empowered women.
It offered equality to men
It offered freedom.
5
Both the Buddha and Jesus
actively opposed Zoroastrianism
were transformed by their followers into gods
allied themselves with religious authorities in their region
sought to found a new religion during their lifetime
6
What did Legalism have that Confucianism did not?
Long term advocation by many rulers and/or philosophers
Laws and punishments
Emphasis on moral examples of superiors
Answer to the problem of disorder
7
What was the enduring significance of Greek Rationality?
The Olympian Gods
The Answers it provided.
The laws of nature.
It's ways of asking Questions.
8
Siddhartha Gautama and Jesus of Nazareth both:
taught 'holding on'
had a similar family background
had great wealth
taught love
9
As Christianity spread, it evolved a _______ organizational structure, with _____ at the top.
Monarchal; Kings and Queens
Patriarchal; men
Hierarchical; pesents
equal; nothing
10
Even as the church became more fully male, women
found independence in the monasteries
retained some positions of authority
were among the first converts in a new area.
had influence through their husbands.
11
Which was feature of Greek thinking?
reverence for organized religion
deference to established authority
respect for received wisdom
confidence in human reason
12
What is not part of the Greek Legacy?
Scientific Revolution
Art and Literature
Rationalism and Science
Philosophy
13
What was the main cause of buddhism's dying out in India
It spread to other areas, and abandoned India.
Buddhism splintered into different religions.
Competition from a new type of Hinduism
Competition from Islam
14
What was a staple of Greek intellectuals' beliefs?
Belief that the Human mind can understand the laws of nature
Their inability to let the mythological framework go.
A similarity to China's Confucian school of thought.
The Worship of Dionysus - The God of Reveling and Parties.
15
Yin yang is most closely associated with
Buddhism
Legalism
Confucianism
Daoism
16
What was an answer to the "age of warring states" in China?
Buddhism
Legalism
The Mandate of Heaven
Dynastic Cycle
17
Zoroastrianism probably influenced which philosophy or religion?
Daoism
Judaism
Hinduism
Confucianism
18
What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Samsara
Upanishads
Atmans
Analects
19
Christians in the west often think of their faith as european-centered. Where did it begin?
India/China
Europe
Other parts of Africa
Middle east/North West Africa
20
What religion placed emphasis on the necessity for the individual to choose between good & evil
Buddhism
Daoism
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism

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