Introduction to World Religions 2024

Islam originated with Muhammad, a ___ century Arab religious and political figure.

is the study of the Universe in its totality, and by extension, humanity's place in it. ...

Generally refers to Christian churches that follow the reforms of Martin Luther.

Ascension is the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the ___ day after his Resurrection

Mary's ascent into heaven (body and spirit)

Reuniting of the spirit and the body

Derived from the Latin word religio, meaning

The Decalogue is a list of religious and moral imperatives – a.k.a. ______

The word Islam means "________"

The bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ.

The belief that the divine reality exists in everything.

In this system each deity is distinguished by special purposes.

A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine ______.

Sacred Time can take place ...

God is a single being existing simultaneously as three distinct persons

The cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.

The tenets and history of ____ are a major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions.

Christ rose on the ____ day after the Crucifixion

What is the name of the book that contains the history of the early church after Jesus’ death?

The name for Christians who are in unity with the pope, the bishop of Rome.

The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings, typically through myths

The Jews collectively practice a religion based on the Torah and the _____.

Both Buddhists and Hindus believe in reincarnation

A sin committed with a knowledge of its guilt, with full consent of the will, of a grave matter

Is the belief in the existence of one deity

The Greek word which means "throughout the whole" or "universal."

The Immaculate Conception asserts that ____ was preserved by God from the stain of original sin

Ethics

The eternal Son who is God (the word) becoming the son of man

Blessed are the merciful: for they will be shown_____. (5:7)

Faith involves all but one of the following

Myths intend to convey a ______ truth