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Question 1

The word “Religion” as defined by Fredrick Streng is usually interpreted by scholars to mean?

Renewal

To Participate in Worship

Means to Ultimate Transformation

Belief in a higher power

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Question 22 pts

Marie St. Vincent developed the theory of Comparative Religion?

True

False

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Question 3

The historical-critical academic approach to the study of religion…

attempts to reconstruct the historical life stories of prophets.

denies the existence of many prophets

accepts or rejects truth claims of a religion.

accepts that legends of the prophets as truth.

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Question 4

A Sufi teacher tells a story about a joyous man being swallowed into the sea to illustrate the joy of union with the divine. This is an example of what type of religious narrative?

Myth

Canon

Orthodox

Allegory

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Question 52 pts

Scientific materialism is the theory that religion can be found in some form in every culture around the world.

True

False

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Question 6

The word “spirituality” refers to…

relationship with the divine

worship and sacraments

liturgy and the communion of Saints

the inner dimensions of religion

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Question 72 pts

Ritual is defined as something that is predictable and repeated rather than spontaneous?

True

False

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Question 8

The term that is often applied to the selective insistence on parts of a religious tradition and holds highly negative views of other religions is…

The Sacred

Globalization

Projected Beliefs

Fundamentalism

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Question 92 pts

Literally meaning “Not God”, agnostic holds that there is no God

True

False

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Question 10

A person who proclaims that his/her religion is the only true religion is an example of a(n)

inclusivist

exclusivist

pluralist

polytheist

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Question 11

Joseph Campbell thought myths, such as the hero’s journey, were meaningful because they…

formed a sacred belief structure that supported the ways of the community

were retellings of ancient events.

were from the Bible.

it taught the community spiritual truth.

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Question 122 pts

According to Max Weber, a religion might be formed after a magnetic person dies because that person is considered a martyr.

True

False

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Question 13

Someone who believes in intelligent design might support this claim by referencing…

the ever expanding universe

the weak force in the nucleus of an atom

gradual changes in organisms over great length of time

the random nature of existence.

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Question 14

A person who is meditating in a cave has an experience in which he/she sees and feels something beyond human senses and reasoning. This experience could be called a(n)

mystical experience

absolute fatih

charismatic experience

orthodox experience