Compilations of oral and written literature

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Rituals are only privately demonstrated

Spiritual experience occurs:

in a religious or non-religious context

Examples of a symbol can include:

signs, objects, people, actions or places

What defines a 'world religion'?

Religions that have spread beyond their place of origin.

Symbols can express....

beliefs, ethics and can even identify an adherent

Aspects of Religion include:

Spaces, places, artefacts and social structure

Salvation, trinity, heaven & nature of ultimate reality

Which question is not an existential question?

What should I study at university?

is the study of right and wrong in culture

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Unit 1 Outcome 1 Religion & Society 2017

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1
A belief in god or gods is known as?
deism
monotheism
theism
polytheism
2
Texts are:
Compilations of oral and written literature
Compliations of written literature
Oral traditions passed down
Written and oral traditions passed down
3
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Performing rituals express beliefs of the religion.
Rituals are considered to be sacred.
Rituals are only privately demonstrated
Rituals are prescribed actions that have symbolic meaning.
4
What is a contribution, especially of money, to a Church.
Tide
Liturgy
Offering
Service
5
Spiritual experience occurs:
only in a church
only in a sacred place, space or time
only in a sacred place
in a religious or non-religious context
6
What is not one of the five world religions?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Taoism
Judaism
7
Not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
Theocratic
Secular
Anti-religious
Communist
8
What expresses beliefs?
search for meaning
spiritual leaders
rituals
all the other aspects
9
In what form do religions answer existential questions?
Rituals
Beliefs and other aspects
Attending sacred services
Beliefs
10
The service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared.
Communion
Mass
Foot washing
Eulogy
11
Roles of religion include areas such as:
all answers are correct
Defining & protecting the sacred
Society
Justice
12
Existential questions are questions of:
faith
existence
truth
existing the world
13
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
Monotheism
Polytheism
Theism
Deitism
14
Examples of a symbol can include:
sacred texts & object
cross, ichthus, locus & salvation
symbols
signs, objects, people, actions or places
15
Who acknowledges the Sabbath?
Christians, Jews and Muslims
Christians & Jews
Jews
Christians
16
What defines a 'world religion'?
A religion that orginated in Asia or the Middle East.
Large groups that all have common beliefs and practices.
Religions that have spread beyond their place of origin.
A religion that is one of the biggest in the world.
17
A society where difference religious, ethnic and political groups should be allowed to thrive.
Theocratic Society
Polydimensional Society
Pluralist Society
Christian Society
18
Symbols can express....
adherent
truth
none of the above
beliefs, ethics and can even identify an adherent
19
Aspects of Religion include:
Beliefs, truths, rituals & sacred stories
Sacred stories, beliefs, sacred experience and symbols
Rituals, spiritual experience, religious leader & beliefs
Spaces, places, artefacts and social structure
20
The Christian doctrines and practices aimed at greater Christian unity and cooperation.
Transcendent
We Unite
Gathering
Ecumenism
21
The systematic study of a god or gods within a tradition is know as:
Theology
Sociology
Costmetology
Anthropology
22
Sacred ______ and stories have special meaning.
artefacts
artefact
artifact
artifacts
23
beliefs include:
Worship, tithe, salvation & heaven
Salvation, 10 Commandments, sabbath & trinity
Salvation, trinity, heaven & nature of ultimate reality
Salvation, baptism, ordinance & worship
24
The spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.
Evangelism
Eccumenism
Diaspora
Sharing
25
Which question is not an existential question?
Is there someone or something greater than us?
Where did we come from?
What should I study at university?
How should we live?
26
When does the sacred time of Sabbath begin for Jews and Seventh-day Adventists?
Sunrise Saturday
Sunset Saturday
Sunrise Friday
Sunset Friday
27
Ethics:
are only determined by a religious leader
dictate how a person should behave
is another word for an adherents values
is the study of right and wrong in culture
28
Sacred texts can be:
chants, mandalas, hieroglyphs, & pottery decoration
scrolls, books, rock art, mantras & sutras
all of the above
oral texts, songs, body decorations, icons, ballads & dances
29
An example of a ritual includes:
Salvation
10 Commandments
All of the above
Eucharist
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Religion can be influenced by society. Society can be influenced by _______ .
beliefs
poverty
religion
Christianity
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Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Morality
Conscience
Ethics
Values

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