Rel Final Mini Review
Which one of the time periods below was a spiritual highpoint in many cultures and included the life of the Buddha, the Hebrew prophets, and the birth of Daoism and Confucianism?
6 BC
Shiva was originally___
A wild and frightening deity.
Most Hindus believe in (i) karma, (ii) samsara, (iii) moksha.
All of the above
Myths may contain lessons concerning
All of the above
Sweat lodge ceremonies
Alloftheabove
The Reform Movement embraced the idea that Judaism is
An evolving religious culture
In Muslim belief, angels
Are helpers of God
Which of the following is a rite of passage?
Both A and B (kinaalda and Vision Quest)
The Supreme Being for most indigenous peoples is a god who is a
Creator
*Hindus believe that humankind is understood to be currently in the first of the four yugas or ages.
F
According to Native American religious traditions, humanity is rarely thought to live in a reciprocal relationship with the land.
F
Buddhism accepts the Hindu caste system.
F
Buddhism is the most popular religion in India today.
F
Buddhism teaches that the soul resides in the heart, that it is no bigger than the thumb, and that to know it is to be immortal.
F
In Buddhism the gods were not subject to death and rebirth.
F
Orthodox followers of a religion believe that practices must change with the times.
F
The Buddha appointed his disciple Ananda to be his successor.
F
The term Sunnah refers to chapters of the Qur'an.
F
The most popular form of yoga, for practicing Hindus, is Raja yoga.
F; bhakti yoga
Because the split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches occurred only recently (in 1822), most observers believe that their reunification might well happen soon. T/F
False
Despite their geographical diversity, indigenous religions can often times operate under a similar social structure or hierarchy.
False
From the beginning, Christian leaders sought to maintain a strict separation of church and state. T/F
False
In Hinduism, nature itself is not regarded as the most immediate form of the divine, so trees, rivers, and mountains were not deemed important.
False
Jews commonly believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ. T/F
False
Jihad means to interpret Islamic law.
False
Mythic narratives will never contain stories about creation, supreme beings, and humanity.
False
The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Bible into Latin. T/F
False
The compilation (i.e. canonization) of the New Testament was completed at the end of the first century. T/F
False
The compilation of the New Testament was completed at the end of the first century. T/F
False
The god Vishnu has not come down to earth and manifested in physical form as an avatara.
False
The prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt was Abraham. T/F
False
Yoga is primarily a practice of physical motions that promotes flexibility and good circulation.
False
Zhuangzi studied with Laozi and became his most prominent disciple.
False
Black Elk was a famous Cherokee religious leader.
False, he was a Lakota relgious leader
The books that make up the New Testament were written in
Greek
All of the following are components in the human body whose refinement may help to attain immortality except for
Gui
Gandhi called the untouchables
Harijans
Gandhi referred to the untouchables as
Harijans
When Muhammad began preaching in Mecca
He faced opposition
The Hindu holiday that encourages mischief and mayhem is called
Holi
Which of these terms is the closest opposite to the term transcendent?
Immanent
Solomon's Temple was built in
Jerusalem
Jesus was
Jewish
Religion functions in an unhealthy manner as an "opiate" that deters the suffering individual from attending to the true cause of affliction, according to
Karl Marx
The Scripture of the Way and Its Potent Manifestation (also known as the Daode Jing) was supposed to have been written by
Laozi
The definition that describes a religion as "an institution consisting of culturally patterned interaction with culturally postulated superhuman beings" was set forth by
Melford Spiro.
The term anatman means
No-self; no-soul
The Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad
Over the course of many days
The Native American Church
Religious movement combining elements of Christianity and native American religions
Shangdi was the principal deity of the
Shang dynasty
The term "Islam" means
Submission
An example of Stoicism, the belief that the divine is identical to nature or the material world, is
T
Hindu worship may be carried out both in the home and in temples.
T
Many indigenous North American religions emphasize the interrelationship of all things.
T
Most Buddhists celebrate the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha all on the same day
T
Myths of North America often times account for the origins of subsistence activities like hunting and farming.
T
Native American religions emphasize the idea that humans are not the masters of animals and other living creatures.
T
Quasi-divine figures, such as angels and demons, though difficult to categorize, are important elements of religion nonetheless.
T
Researchers have identified many similarities in the use of symbols across different cultures.
T
The Hindu gods periodically appeared in earthly incarnations in later epics & puranas.
T
The attempt to define religion is an ancient phenomenon, beginning for the most part in first century Rome.
T
The biblical account of creation is not commonly or naturally taught alongside the theory of evolution in public schools in predominantly Christian societies today.
T
Tibetan Buddhists believe that it is possible to achieve enlightenment even after death during the time before one is reborn.
T
Usually explanation of the nature and role of the divine takes center stage in a religion's belief system.
T
Siddhartha's first act of renunciation was
Taking off his fine clothes and cutting his hair.
Brahman is
The all-pervasive one supreme conciousness
*We refer to a religion as theistic when
The divine is thought of as God or Gods
A statement that is foundational to the field of religious studies is:
To know one just one religion is to know none.
A key teaching of Islam is the belief in the oneness of God.
True
According to Luther, Christians do not need mediators such as priests to stand between themselves and God. T/F
True
Buddhism is more concerned with human experience than with the realm of the gods.
True
Christians believe that Jesus Christ was both fully human and fully divine. T/F
True
In ancient Chinese religion, yin and yang were considered to be mutually inclusive and compatible.
True
Many claim the intelligent design movement seeks scientific backing for creationism.
True
Orthodox Jews believe in an afterlife. T/F
True
Religious cosmologies typically describe both the origin and the status of the universe, and typically these two issues are intertwined.
True
Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians recognize seven rituals as sacraments. Protestants recognize two. T/F
True
The founder of the Hasidic movement was known as the Baal Shem Tov. T/F
True
The vast majority of Muslims today are not Arabs.
True
Samkhya and Advaita are
Two major Hindu philosophical systems
Which of the following is not among the prominent questions addressed by religions?
What is the correct definition of religion.
From which Buddhist tradition does the following statement originate: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
Zen
Muslims believe that Muhammad was
both B and C (final and one of many prophets)
A symbol for the unity that many indigenous cultures use is that of the
circle
The word "canon" refers to a(n)
collection of sacred writings
The term tafsir refers to
commentary on the Qur'an.
*After enlightenment the Buddha immediately realized that he must teach others.
f
According to William James, religion is "the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men __________."
in their solitude
The Confucian virtue ren basically means
innate goodness
When Christians speak of "grace" they mean God's
love
The essential teachings of Native American religions are often found in
sacred narratives or myths
In Buddhism, "Dharma" refers to the __________ of the Buddha.
teachings
A primary concern regarding a sound academic approach to the study of world religions involves the fact that it arose within an intellectual culture that
tended to take for granted that Christianity was a model of what religion ought to be.
The Middle Way is the path between
the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification
The term shaman means
the one who knows
French sociologist Émile Durkheim insists in his definition of religion on
the unification brought about by "beliefs and practices," culminating in a "moral community called a Church."
Renunciation is practiced by many Hindus
to help transcend the ego and achieve moksha
