What is the purpose of religious studies?

Studying religions in general to understand them and what "religion" is

Which is NOT an argument in Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning?

God had a purpose in allowing the Holocaust

Which is NOT a purpose of religious art?

To make worship more fun and less serious

What is a cosmogonic myth?

A story about the beginning of the world

Which describes a Commissioning Experience?

Being Called by God to Do Something

Both Man's Search for Meaning and Life is Beautiful Illustrate:

What Life was Like in a Holocaust Concentration Camp

Feeling a Religious Experience in the Right Way

Negative Theology states that:

There is nothing we can say about God that is fully true

Which one is NOT a component of ethics?

ALL of these are a part of ethics

Which is NOT something debated about religious experience but is rather agreed upon?

Religious Experiences affect other aspects of a religion

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1
Which type of religious experience is characterized by a sense of AWE in the presence of something greater than oneself?
Sacramental
Numinous
Enlightening
Mystical
2
A set of doctrines put together and read aloud at a worship service is called what?
Liturgy
Articles of Faith
Institutional Religion
Creed
3
Muhammad is best described as a:
God
Prophet
Incarnation
Sage
4
What is the purpose of religious studies?
To discredit all religions
Finding a religion that works for you
Studying religions in general to understand them and what "religion" is
Learning deeply about Christianity
5
The Eightfold Path in Buddhism is the:
Fourth Noble Truth
Third Noble Truth
First Noble Truth
Second Noble Truth
6
What is Hahn attempting to practice as she learns about religions by interviewing people and participating?
Tragic Optimism
Capos
Apathy
Epoche
7
Which is one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
The Buddha is All-Knowing
Life is Suffering
A and B but not C
Suffering is Caused by the Devil
8
Which is NOT an argument in Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning?
God had a purpose in allowing the Holocaust
One always has the spiritual freedom to choose how to view a situation
Love, Helping Others, and The Future helped cope in concentration camps
One can find purpose even in the midst of tragedy
9
Divine Command Theory is a form of which ethical system?
Virtue Ethics
Utilitarianism
Deontology
Teleology
10
Making sure to do the right rituals in the right way is:
Orthodoxy
Orthopraxis
All of the above
Orthopathos
11
Which type of experience uses a material substance to commune with Ultimate Being?
Mystical
Sacramental
Shamanic
Commissioning
12
Which is NOT a purpose of religious art?
To express the beauty of religious experience
To generate an emotional response, such as peace or awe
To make worship more fun and less serious
To convey a religious story or myth in an understandable way
13
Which is NOT a part of the Material Dimension of Religion?
Calligraphy
Sand Mandala
Ramadan
Architecture
14
Buddhist Monks are required to live by the code of Vinaya, which regulates what they can and can't do. This is:
Slippery Slope
Deontology
Virtue Theory
Teleology
15
Which is NOT one of the major functions of ritual?
Psychological Function
Spiritual Function
Social Function
Moral Function
16
If one does an act in order to get good karma so that one will be reborn into a better life, this is:
Virtue Theory
Teleology
Deontology
Utilitarianism
17
When new texts cannot be added to the list of books considered "scripture" this is:
The Qur'an
The Bible
An Open Canon
A Closed Canon
18
What is a cosmogonic myth?
A story about the beginning of the world
A story about the end of the world
A story that explains something in nature, such as why spiders weave webs
A story about the beginning of a religion
19
Which of the following is a function of ritual?
All of the above
Psychological
Social
Spiritual
20
Making an ethical decision by asking "What Would Jesus Do?" is which type of ethics?
Consequentialist Ethics
Slippery Slope
Deontological Ethics
Virtue Theory
21
Which religion says heaven and hell are Temporary?
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
A and B but not C
22
Utilitarianism is one form of which ethical system?
Deontology
Teleology
Divine Command Theory
Virtue Ethics
23
Which describes a Commissioning Experience?
Being Called by God to Do Something
Awakening to Knowledge
Discovery of God Within Oneself
A Sense of Unity with the Universe
24
Which is NOT a commemorative ritual?
The Buddhist Vesak Festival
Communion
A Bar Mitzvah
Ramadan
25
Both Man's Search for Meaning and Life is Beautiful Illustrate:
The importance of Faith in God for a sense of purpose in life
What Life was Like in a Holocaust Concentration Camp
How to Practice Judaism
A and B but Not C
26
Which is a doctrine in Islam?
God is best understood as a Trinity
Jesus is a Prophet of Allah
The Universe has no beginning and will have no end
The Goal of Life is to Escape the Cycle of Reincarnation
27
Which kind of ritual honors a person or event?
Transformative
Commemorative
Effective
Seasonal
28
The Buddha would best be described as:
A Prophet
A God
An Incarnation
A Sage
29
Which of the Following is NOT a good example of deontology?
The Laws of Manu
The Five Precepts
Asking "What Would Jesus Do"?
The Ten Commandments
30
Orthopathos is:
Believing a Religious Doctrine in the Right Way
Feeling a Religious Experience in the Right Way
Choosing Religious Leaders in the Right Way
Practicing a Religious Ritual in the Right Way
31
Confucius is an example of a:
Prophet
Sage
Incarnation
God
32
Which Scripture do Muslims NOT believe is a Revelation from Allah?
Torah
Gospels
Qur'an
Vedas
33
Who is considered a Sage?
Jesus
Confucius
Buddha
B and C but not A
34
Who was Jesus in Islamic thought?
An Incarnation of God
A prophet
A secondary founder
God
35
Which of the following is a sage who had an enlightenment experience?
Moses
Muhammad
Jesus
Buddha
36
Puja is best described as a:
Pilgrimage
Seasonal Ritual
Commemorative Ritual
Worship Ritual
37
If one does an action because it will help cultivate one's self into a better person, that is:
Teleology
Deontology
Antinomianism
Virtue Theory
38
Negative Theology states that:
God is responsible for all our suffering
There is nothing we can say about God that is fully true
There is no meaning or purpose in life
There is no God
39
A person who receives a message from God and spreads it to humanity is a:
Sage
Incarnation
Prophet
Secondary Founder
40
Etiology, sense of purpose, order from chaos, and metaphors of creative power are aspects of:
Foundation Myths
Eschatological Myths
National Myths
Cosmogonic Myths
41
Which one is an example of an eschatological myth?
Genesis
Rig Veda 10.90
Revelation
Izanagi and Izanami
42
Psychologically, rituals provide:
A and B
A sense of identity
A sense of belonging
An experience of the Transcendent
43
Which is not an example of the Material dimension of Islam?
A Prayer Rug
The Hajj
The Qur'an
Hijab
44
Who wrote Man's Search for Meaning?
Carl Jung
Viktor Frankl
Sigmund Freud
William James
45
Christian Scientists deny that what is real?
Hunger
Sadness
Love
Illness
46
Which one is NOT a component of ethics?
Morals
Virtues
ALL of these are a part of ethics
Values
47
Richter Believes that:
None of the above
All religions agree on what is good
All religions agree on what is beautiful
All religions agree on what is true
48
Which is NOT something debated about religious experience but is rather agreed upon?
Religious Experiences are Universal: they are the same across Religions
Religious Experiences affect other aspects of a religion
Religious Experiences are Real and not Imagined
Religious experiences are Psychologically healthy to have
49
Man's Search for Meaning is About
The Holocaust
Finding Meaning in Life
All of the Above
An Explanation of Logotherapy
50
What was Viktor Frankl's Religion?
Catholicism
Protestantism
Unitarian Universalist
Judaism
51
Ramadan would best be described as which kind of ritual?
A commemorative ritual
A pilgrimage
A seasonal ritual
A rite of passage
52
How does religion differ from theology?
They are the same thing
Theology is one religion out of many
Theology focuses on the rituals of a religion
Theology focuses on the doctrines of a religion
53
Which is a Main Point in Frankl?
Faith in God is the best way to find purpose in one's life
Everyone who died in the Holocaust Died due to a lack of meaning in life
God will reward the suffering in this life with a glorious afterlife
People found purpose even in the concentration camps; thus we can too
54
Religious Studies uses the method of epoche, which is what?
Showing the superiority of Christianity
Analyzing religions other than one's own without bias
Showing the superiority of atheism
Judging religions other than one's own
55
Which one is NOT a doctrine?
The Trinity in Christianity
The Four Noble Truths in Buddhism
Predestination in Calvinism
The Hajj in Islam
56
The Hajj is the Islamic requirement to:
Fast during Ramadan
Give to charity
Go on a pilgrimage
Pray 5 times a day
57
Which is NOT a function of ritual?
Physical
Spiritual
Social
Psychological
58
Which is a central Protestant Christian Doctrine?
Jesus is the only founder of Christianity
Hell is Eternal
Wisdom is the way to achieve perfection
The Bread and Wine literally change to flesh and blood in the Eucharist
59
Which is not a mainstream Christian doctrine?
Adam and Eve are responsible for Original Sin
Only those who accept God's Grace go to Heaven
Jesus is the incarnation of God and Son of God
God is so merciful that no one will end up in hell
60
Which discipline is myth NOT related to regarding its understanding?
Health Sciences
History
Ethics
Literature
61
Insight Gained Through a Religious Experience is:
Gnosis
Canon
Karma
Liturgy
62
Puja is a:
Seasonal Ritual
Pilgrimage Ritual
Commemorative Ritual
Worship Ritual
63
Interpreting scripture by going through it line by line is called:
Exegesis
Hermeneutics
Analysis
Literary Criticism
64
Which type of ritual recreates the actions of ancestors to make the same changes to the world that they did?
Mimetic
Pilgrimage
Seasonal
Transformative
65
Which one is a purpose of ethics
To provide a statement of beliefs
To create peace among religions
To generate a religious experience
To systematize a way to determine right actions
66
Muhammad is associated with which religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
67
Myths are most like:
Literature because they aim to say something true about being human
Literature because they are fictional
A and B but not C
History because they recount events from the Past
68
Which religion's idea of perfection is harmony within oneself and with the Universe?
Buddhism
Daoism
Hinduism
Confucianism
69
Monism is:
The belief in many gods
The belief in one God
The belief that everything is one
The belief that spirits reside in nature
70
Which is a doctrine of Christian Science?
Participating in prayers for Healing
The claim that illness is an illusion
The story of Mary Baker Eddy
The status of Practitioner
71
Which is NOT an issue in comparative ethics?
Animal Rights
The Number of Gods
Wealth and What to Do with It
Gender Equality
72
Spell casting in Wicca is an example of:
An effective Ritual
A seasonal Ritual
A Rite of Passage
A commemorative Ritual
73
Genesis 1-2 would best be described as:
An Etiological Myth
A Foundation Myth
A Cosmogonic Myth
An Eschatological Myth
74
Which religion is aniconic?
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
75
In Genesis 3 when Eve is punished with labor pains, this is an example of a:
Eschatological Myth
Etiological Myth
Foundation Myth
Cosmogonic Myth
76
Which religion has leaders called Medicine Men?
Native American Religions
Daoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
77
Which is the largest religion in the world by number of followers?
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
78
Jesus's appearance as God on Earth is a sign of God's
Transcendance
Immanence
Monism
Pantheism
79
The Buddhist ideal of perfection, equivalent to a Western idea of Heaven is called:
The Dao
Nirvana
Yoga
Ultimate Being
80
Which is a definition of the Social Order?
Organizing people in society by rank and privileges
A and B but not C
Forcing citizens to obey what the government orders them to do
Organizing people in a religion by leadership and authority
81
Breaking an ethical rule on purpose to show that one is spiritually beyond earthly concepts of right and wrong is:
Teleology
Virtue Theory
Antinomianism
Deontology
82
Which theological term represents the belief that all religions are true?
Exlusivism
Inclusivism
Pluralism
None of the Above
83
A Foundation Myth is a Story About:
Why something in nature is how it is
How a religion began
How the world began
The destiny of humanity
84
Divine Command Theory is a form of:
Virtue Theory
Slippery Slope Argument
Teleology
Deontology
85
What does "laity" mean?
A caste in Hinduism
Religious people who are not clergy/leaders
People who are not religious
A successor to Muhammad in Islam
86
What is etiology?
How a religion comes to be founded
Why something in nature is the way it is
A ritual in Catholicism
How a religion structures its leadership
87
Which type of ritual has a major effect on the person performing the ritual?
Seasonal
Commemorative
Transformative
Mimetic
88
Having a religious experience or interpreting it in a way that conforms to what one's religion teaches is:
Orthopathos
Orthodoxy
None of the above
Orthopraxy
89
When Arjuna sees Vishnu's true form encompassing the Universe, this is:
A non-dual Experience
A mystical experience
An enlightenment experience
A numinous experience
90
If logotherapy were a religion, its foundation myth would be:
The stories of victims of the Holocaust
The stories of patients healed by logotherapy
The message that one can always find a purpose even in tragedy
The story of Viktor Frankl's life
91
Kristin Hahn's experience on Peyote is best described as:
A commissioning experience
A numinous experience
A mystical experience
A dualistic experience
92
Virtues, Values, and Morals are all aspects of:
All of the Above
Rituals
Myths
Ehics
93
Which doctrine of Ultimate Being says it is single, encompasses everything, and is not relational?
Monism
Pantheism
Polytheism
Monotheism
94
Which is an example of pictorial art?
The Qur'an
A Garden
The Yin-Yang Symbol
None of the Above
95
Who was Jesus in Jewish thought?
God
A secondary founder
An incarnation of God
A human being
96
What is the name of the film in which Guido protects his son in a Concentration Camp by pretending it is a game?
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Life is Beautiful
Man's Search for Meaning
It's a Wonderful Life
97
Which type of experience is inward, calming, and thought of as discovery?
Commissioning
Mystical
Numinous
Combination
98
Teleology judges an act as ethical or not based on:
Whether the act makes you into a better or worse person
Whether it follows a rule related to the action
The results the action will bring
Whether God approves of the action or not
99
Moses's experience of the burning bush was a:
Numinous experience
Commissioning Experience
Revelatory experience
All of the above
100
Confucius is best described as a:
Prophet
God
Incarnation
Sage

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