World Religions Chapter 1

The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings

This religious question has to do with what happens after death

Experience of the divine or holy presence intellectually or by choice

A story, often recorded in a sacred text, that seeks to answer questions of origins and contains sacred truths

Belief in only one God

Which of these describes a limit of the comparative model of study?

Dimension of religion that deals with how we are to act while living in the world

Religious experience of an individual or group of individuals describes which dimension of religion?

Buddha experienced enlightenment under a lotus tree. Which dimension is described here?

This religious question is focused on how we are saved & how we overcome the human condition.

Which religious question explores how the world came to be and whether or not it is sacred?

Belief in a system that holds there is no divine being

Explains the Catholic Church does not reject what is good and true in other religions, & also holds firm to her beliefs.

Belief that the divine reality exists in everything

Understanding of the nature of the universe

This religious question examines a religion's belief about the nature of God.

Overcoming the normal limits of the human condition

Who re-emphasized that understanding others differences helps build peace & encouraged dialogue?

Formal worship practice

The picture below is an example of which dimension of religion?

Belief in many gods

What dimension would faith come under?

A way of studying World Religions that compares and contrasts as a method.

Belief in divine or semidivine beings without belief in a relevant god

The creation stories in the Bible help answer which religious question?