Dominican Spirituality Unit 1 Review Fall 2021

According to a Pew Research pole ___% of the world is religious.

Part of __ is relating to the part of reality within us that is trans-physical and unexplainable on scientific grounds.

The transphysical component of a human being leaves the physical body in a _____

The divine within us (near)

In the prologue of John's Gospel, the Greek term for "the Word"

Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans means:

Telos, Gk. means

Reported features of NDEs are not very consistent with one another.

The numinous experience is defined as

The study of human origins or cultures

In the Bible God creates out of love, whereas in the Enuma Elish creation comes forth out of __

This means man is made in the image of God

The response to the first pole of the NE is one of

God transcends the natural/physical world

The study of who we are as beings created by God, or the study of man and his relation to God

Which Greek philosopher wrote De Anima, On the Soul?

According to William James our default setting as children is belief, but with age comes more cynicism or skepticism.

Stories that explain the origin of the universe and our relationship to the divine

The response to the 2nd pole of the NE is one of

The first pole of the numinous experience is marked by all EXCEPT...

___ exists in its highest perfection in living in conformity with the teachings of the Divine Being

God is a transcendent reality

Man resembles God through each attribute EXCEPT

The best possible explanation for NDEs is that some part of us is really ___ and not limited to bodily death.

The study of the origin and development of humans

The Ojibwe/Anishinaabe great flood story closely resembles the biblical ___

Which two books of the Bible begin with "In the beginning"

Commonly reported components of NDE patients include all BUT

In the Enuma Elish the gods create out of blood and violence

NDE patients can often accurately describe sights and sounds that happened in the room while they were clinically dead.

Transcendere, Lt. means to

Spirituality across ancient cultures involves all of the following EXCEPT

All of the following constitute clinical death EXCEPT

God creates ______ in the Book of Genesis

That which is experienced as the divine

Fr. Robert Spitzer examined the results of more than __ medical studies of patients who had NDEs.

The first pole of the numinous experience evokes a sense of ___

The Genesis creation story tells us we are designed by God and are made in his image and likeness.

The divine above us (far/distant)

The numinous experience is defined as

Medically, NDEs while clinically dead should be impossible, yet many patients report them.

In the _______ Marduk conquers Tiamat in a ferocious battle.

Children are universally more embracing of religious experience

The voluntary subjection of oneself to a god, gods, the God

Blind patients from Spitzer's cited NDE studies report having demonstrated sight though blind from birth.