Chapter 1: World Religions

Question 1

Who described Faith as being closely related to the experience of the Holy Spirit & involving more than just intellect?

Accepted Answer

Paul

Question 2

Belief in only one God

Accepted Answer

Monotheism

Question 3

God is often characterized by 2 separate emotions: awe-inspiring fear & fascination.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Understanding the nature of the universe...

Accepted Answer

cosmology

Question 5

February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as

Accepted Answer

Candlemas

Question 6

This founder pointed out that to know just one religion is to know none.

Accepted Answer

Friedrich Max Muller

Question 7

Overcoming of the normal limitations imposed by the human condition...

Accepted Answer

transcendence

Question 8

Seeing things from another's perspecive...an important methodological approach to study religion...

Accepted Answer

Empathy

Question 9

A young prince, Gautama, experienced enlightenment under the bodhi tree. What religion was born?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 10

Who quotes a proverb, "Never judge a person until you have walked a mile in his moccasins" ?

Accepted Answer

Scholar Ninian Smart

Question 11

Belief in many gods

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 12

A category of religious experiences characterized by uniting with the divine thru inward contemplation.

Accepted Answer

mysticism

Question 13

Formal worship practice, often based on the reenactment of a myth...

Accepted Answer

ritual

Question 14

Experience of the divine or holy presence, sometimes involving intellectual belief & sometimes on personal trust.

Accepted Answer

faith

Question 15

Belief that the divine reality exists in everything

Accepted Answer

Pantheism

Question 16

How many dimensions of religion are there?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Ethics

Question 18

Usually takes place thru sacred stories/myths or thru various types of religious experience...

Accepted Answer

Revelation

Question 19

Our destiny typically has 2 possibilities: 1 leads to reward of eternal life and the other leads to.......

Accepted Answer

condemnation

Question 20

If the Groundhog sees his shadow, then there's an early Spring.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

A story (often recorded in scripture) that tends to answer ? of origins & serves as sacred truth

Accepted Answer

myth

Question 22

The process of _______________ begins by probing the nature of the questions most religious traditions address.

Accepted Answer

demystification

Question 23

Complete fulfillment of spiritual potential; whether in this life or the afterlife...

Accepted Answer

Spiritual perfection

Question 24

What dimension of religion is the story of creation from Genesis?

Accepted Answer

Mythic

Question 25

Muhammad began to experience revelations from Allah...what religion began to take form?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Chapter 1: World Religions

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Chapter 1: World Religions

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