CR Final Exam Review Part 1: Religious Terminology

Question 1

A story meant to convey an essential religious or philosophical truth.

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Myth

Question 2

View that religion exists to serve and benefit particular needs in society.

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Functionalist

Question 3

The nature of God that expresses his closeness and personal accessibility.

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Immanent

Question 4

Focus on sameness of belief

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Orthodoxy

Question 5

Platonic Story that illustrates the illusory nature of the world and the permanence of Truth.

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Allegory of the Cave

Question 6

View that religion was created to control irrational fears.

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Materialist

Question 7

View that religion exists because the Transcendent is real and religions helps reveal God to us

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Faith

Question 8

The worldview of any tradition, visible and invisible, including human's place therein.

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Cosmology

Question 9

Understanding that God is one but has many forms.

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Monistic

Question 10

Vatican II document that encourages us (Catholics) to understand and appreciate other religions

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Nostra Ateate

Question 11

The End of this time and the start of a new time

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Eschaton

Question 12

Expresses the idea of the Divine as being far away and apart from daily experiences:

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Transcendent

Question 13

The Religious Dimension that is sacramental, performed, repetitive, and social.

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Ritual

Question 14

The dimension of religion that seeks to direct our daily interactions with others.

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Ethical

Question 15

The key Patriarch of all three Western religious traditions, the first monotheist.

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Abraham

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