Unit 1: What is Religion? ck

It is not necessary to use empathy when studying the world's religions.

Which one is a common element to all religions?

The overcoming of the limitations imposed by the human condition.

How we are to act while living in the world.

A religion with no belief in a divine being.

Through our academic study of religion, this model will be used:

Which one is a basic dimension of a religious tradition?

Many definitions of religion usually have some limitation, therefore it is difficult to define religion.

A religious experience characterized by union with the divine through deep contemplation.

A religion that allows room for belief in a divine being without insisting its relevance.

The transmission of divine presence to human beings.

Worship carried out through formal practice.

The belief that the divine reality exists in everything.

Religious belief usually through a religion.

The understanding of the nature of the universe.

Religions attempt to answer fundamental questions about human existence.

The belief in one God.

The capacity for seeing things from another's perspective.

The belief in many Gods.

Which one is considered a "big question" religions attempt to answer?

An allegorical story that conveys important truths.

Which one is a valid reason for studying the world's religions?