Becker World Religions Unit 1

Adherence to doctrine, dogma, beliefs

A set of shared attitudes, values, goals and practices of a particular race, religion, ethnicity, or community.

Person who converted to Catholicism after being an atheist, later became a saint?

Entity that claims “the truth” and requires formal membership and there is a universal appeal toward beliefs, practices

Which Pope is responsible for the Nostra Aetate?

A belief that a person or community is bound to which is sacred or worthy of respect.

Believe that god exists, but does not interact with the world.

Which of the following are basic elements of religion?

Means “to bind”

Communal, practices, ritual, worship

Experienced by human beings and is the basis for various religions of the world.

What human went from being an atheist, to a theist?

belief that a god or gods does not exist

believes that humans cannot know at all or fully whether or not god exists

Which Pope is responsible for changing language in church and calling Vatican II & fostered interreligious dialogue

belief in the existence of god or gods as ultimate creator

Governed strictly by natural laws

Individual, personal, private

Which is a reason for atheists not believing in a god or gods?

Customary beliefs, social reforms, and material traits of group

Group of people whose beliefs are unconventional

belief that the god or gods interact with the universe

a deep connection to the sacred, divine

Why study religions of the world.

What quality is necessary for interreligious dialogue?

Justification for God's goodness in the existence of evil.