Rel

An ethnocentric view of religion is one in which a person has exclusive knowledge about a religion he/she does not belong to.

False

For a Christian to learn about Buddhism and vice versa, this is considered spiritual promiscuity.

False

The Mysterium, like a murder mystery, is capable of being understood by investigation.

False

The Navajo "Whirling Logs" ceremony takes place in profane time.

False

The following is an example of explanatory reduction: the failure to identify a person's emotional response to a liturgy.

False

Which of the following is not a bearer of sacred power?

Idea

Fideism is mostly associated with which of the following individuals, according to Livingston?

Immanuel Kant

Which of the following statements is true about the Buddhist stupa, according to Livingston?

Stupas functioned as reliquaries in India

Which of the following would be employed to distinguish the authors of different books in the Bible?

documentary criticism

How is the term "Sacred" defined in this book?

that ultimate reality about which all religions speak

Which of the following is considered a pervasive symbol in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

the cosmic mountain

According to the author, Schleiermacher and Otto focus on which aspect of the religious experience?

the emotional dimension

What is Mircea Eliade's focus in the study of religion, according to Livingston?

the place of the sacred in the history of religions

Clifford Geertz talks about religion in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

the symbol's transhuman nature/reality

'Ontology' refers to what?

theory of being

According to Livingston, what is supposed to happen when we look at another system of belief that is not our own?

we gain a new perspective on our own system

An example of an axis mundi.

A holy mountain

A philosopher of the Enlightenment who tried to make room for religious faith by putting bounds on rational thought.

Kant

Explanatory definitions of religion tend to be reductive according to Livingston.

True

Livingston believes religion is a trait unique to our species, but universal to all of us.

True

Religious studies is an academic discipline with its own methodology.

True

Which of the following best describes phenomenology of religion?

a concern with the expression of the religious experience as it presents itself in a given context

What is Mt. Sinai's significance to the Israelites, according to Livingston?

all of these

Which of the following is a frequent human response to an encounter with the Holy?

awe

Which of the following terms is NOT associated with Mircea Eliade's approach to religion?

propitiation

Which term is usually associated with phenomenology of religion?

reexperience