Religion Midterm
Which form of monotheism is Islam closest to?
(Judaism)
When did Monotheism appear?
4000 years ago
When was Confucius born?
551 BC
In what is year does the Islamic calendar begin?
622
According to Islam, who first owned the Black Stone of Mecca?
Adam
Protestants do not accept Mormonisn as Christian because of their unorthodox practices and beliefs. Which of the following does Prothero mention?
All of the above
What is the Arabic name for God?
Allah
In what language was the Quran written?
Arabic
Prothero says that Christianity expanded to a global religion
Because it was able to adapt to other cultures.
Which techniques used to achieve the goal of moksha is the most popular in Hinduism?
Bhakti yoga (discipline of devotion).
What is the world's best selling book?
Bible
What is the focus of Prothero's book:
Big questions
Where did first Monotheism appear?
Canaan
Half of all Christians are:
Catholic
According to Prothero, what is the problem Confucianism addresses?
Chaos
What is the world's most geographically diverse religion?
Christianity
What is the world's most popular religion?
Christianity
Which religion has the greatest number of adherents, according to Prothero?
Christianity
From the Christian point of view, which is it more correct to say?
Christianity fulfills Judaism
Why does Prothero call Christianity 'Soft Monotheism" in comparison to Islamic Monotheism.
Christianity is Trinitarian (one god in three persona) and Islam admits of no division in God at all.
Which of the following in not one of the 5 pillars of Islam?
Communion
Bhakti yoga way (the way of devotion) of achieving moksha:
Didn't catch on until later Has become the most popular form of Hinduism
Which of the following does Confucianism care the most about?
Ethics
According to Prothero, what is the technique Confucianism proposes?
Ethics and Ritual
Prothero claims that although the Protestants and the Catholics agree about the problem that needs to be solved (sin) and the goal (salvation), they disagree over the techniques to achieve it. Protestants favor:
Faith alone
According to Prothero, Christianity is amazingly homogeneous.
False
According to Prothero, Pentecostalism is the same as fundamentalism.
False
According to Prothero, there are no elements favorable to feminism in Confucianism.
False
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, Confucius was a monk.
False
Modern Hinduism has spotlighted Hindu eroticism as a selling point.
False
No women have ever become the head of state of an Islamic country.
False
Protestants typically pray to saints (persons of great spiritual merit who have died).
False
Prothero agrees that all religions are just different pathways up the same mountain?
False
How are the Chapters (or Suras) of the Quran arranged?
Generally, largest to smallest
Most of Prothero's Hindu students:
Go on pilgrimages
Why does Ganesha have a broken tusk?
He used it to write the great Hindu epic the Mahabharata
Who were the exemplars of Philosophical Hinduism of the Upanishads..
Holy men
"Shirk" is a grave mistake in Islam. What is it literally?
Idolatry
What was the problem created for monotheism in the claim that Jesus of Nazareth wa both the prophesized Jewish messiah and divine?
If God is immaterial, infinite and wholly other how can any human, who is material and finite be God? Monotheism is the belief in one God, this looks like there are two.
According to the video biography on the Prophet Muhammad, where was the Prophet Muhammad when the angel Gabriel appeared to him?
In a cave
Most Hindus live in:
India
The Mahabharata (which means Great India):
Is longer than the Bible and the Iliad and the Odyssey combined. Was composed sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD. Has scenes from it carved into the Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Was the subject of a hugely popular television series in India in the 80's.
What is Europe's fastest growing religion, according to Prothero?
Islam
Which religion is growing faster, according to Prothero?
Islam
According to the video biography on the Prophet Muhammad, what event in 620, commemorates the beginning of the Islamic calendar?
It was the year Muhammad fled Mecca.
What is the world's best-known icon?
Jesus
A wandering preacher in Roman ruled Palestine became the next innovator in the development of Monotheism is who
Jesus of Nazareth
In Islam who are "people of the book"?
Jews and Christians
Which religion has had the greatest historical significance, according to Prothero?
Judaism
Which religion believes in angels?
Judaism Christianity Islam
Which religion believes in prophets?
Judaism Christianity Islam
Which religion is called an Abrahamic faith?
Judaism Christianity Islam
Which religion traces its origins to the patriarch Abraham?
Judaism Christianity Islam
Which religion believes in one God (monotheism)?
Judaism Christianity Islam
Which religion believes in written revelation from God?
Judaism Christianity Islam
What are the techniques used to achieve the goal of moksha?
Karma yoga (discipline of rituals) (first described in the Vedas). Jnana yoga (discipline of wisdom) (promoted in the Upanishads). Bhakti yoga (discipline of devotion).
Who talks Arjuna into performing his duty as a warrior?
Krishna
Confucianism focused on:
Living in community
Prothero says that moksha is visualized in Hinduism as:
Loving union of the individual soul with a personal god. Impersonal merging with an impersonal divinity. A paradise where one lives with one of the main deities (Vishnu or Shiva).
Muslims, if able, are obliged to make a pilgrimage to:
Mecca
The term Christianity comes from the word "Christ" which is the Greek word for:
Messiah
Who had 9 wives when he died?
Mohammed
According to the Book, The 100: A Ranking of the most influential persons in History, who gets the top rank?
Muhammad
Why does Ramadan start on a different date on our calendar?
Muslims operate on a lunar calendar
Which of the following do the Mormon's accept as scripture?
None of the above
According to Prothero, what is the solution/goal Confucianism proposes?
Order
Where do the majority of 14 million Mormons live?
Outside the United States
Hinduism is a term coined by:
Outsiders
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What do Adam and Eve represent?
Paradise lost in the Garden of Eden due to disobedience
Islam is related to the root word "salaam." What does that word mean?
Peace
Which of the following protestant branches had the largest influence in colonial and early America?
Reformed
What is the literal meaning of Jihad?
Struggle
What is the primary source for the "evolution" of the concept of God?
The Hebrew Bible
What is the name of the book that contains the revelations given to the Prophet Mohammed?
The Koran
How did Ganesha get his elephant head?
The god Shiva cut off his original head and replaced it with an elephant's.
Which of the following does Confucianism care the most about?
This life
The Vedas are full of hymns, mantras and rituals for priests to perform.
True
The Vedas have references to the battles between the gods and demons.
True
The Hebrew prophets, particularly "Second Isaiah" and Micah show
an emphasis on a concern for justice rather than correct ritual on the part of God
Hinduism has no shared scripture
false
According to the video biography on the Prophet Muhammad, the message of the Prophet Muhammad was:
initially rejected and his followers persecuted.
Which is Islam more concerned about?
orthopraxy
According to Prothero, the Pentecostal movement is responsible for much the expansion of Christianity to in the southern hemisphere?
true
When did the Prophet Mohammad start getting revelations from the angel Gabriel?
610
Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi term for:
A world or life out of balance
What is samsara about?
Constant death and rebirth
Prothero believes that all religions are interested in ritual.
False
What is moksha about?
Release from perpetual death and rebirth
Which of these metaphors does Prothero favor?
Religions are on different mountains using different tools and techniques for the assent.
Which sports analogy does Prothero favor?
Some religions are trying for touchdowns, others for homeruns, and others to get the object into the net. In other words, religions are playing different sports.
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the boat with animals represent?
The destruction of a world gone bad while saving the animals and restarting it.
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the man with his arms pointing upwards represent
The resurrection of Jesus
Which of these approaches to the definition of "religion" does Prothero favor?
There is no unique defining essence to religion but it is more a matter of "family resemblance"
What do Christians mean by the Trinity?
There is one God who has three personae -- the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Shariah is interpreted in terms of the Hadith (collected sayings and acts of the Prophet) and the Quran.
True
Prothero claims that evangelicalism spearheaded the following movements.
Voting for Women and Abolition of slavery
What is the name of God revealed to Moses?
YHWH
What is the "axial age"?
(It was the time in world history when all over the globe the enduring approaches to the big questions of existence were formed in China, India, Palestine and Greece. The current time when science is causing so many to turn away from traditional religious answers.
What percentage of their net worth is a Muslim required to give for the sake of the poor (almsgiving)?
2.5%
According to Prothero, How many Muslims in the world can read the Quran in the original language?
20%
How long did the Prophet Mohammad have the revelations?
22 years until his death
The Bible has been translated into how many languages?
3000
When did the Prophet Mohammed start receiving revelations from an angel?
610 A.D.
How many names does God have according to the prophet?
99
Why is the Pentecostal movement named after a Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the law to Moses?
A New Testament event took place on this holiday in which the Holy Spirit was "poured out" on Jesus' disciples and they began speaking in tongues (languages).
According to Prothero, the growing multi-cultural nature of Christianity is:
A homecoming.
Who is credited with starting the protestant reformation by nailing 95 theses to the castle church door in Wittenberg Germany in 1517?
A monk named Martin Luther
According to Prothero what is the goal of Islam?
A soul at peace in this world and the next
According to Prothero, which does he see as the more appropriate description of Confucianism?
A this worldly religion
Confucius is:
A transmitter of ancient ideas
Which of the following is credited with being the founder of the three great monotheistic faiths?
Abraham
The Islamic Holy book makes reference to which of the following figures in the Hebrew Bible?
Adam, Noah, Abraham
Which of the following protestant branches do the Amish, Mennonite fall under?
Anabaptists
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, what book contains the conversations of Confucius?
Analects
Another name for the Pentecostal movement is:
Charismatic movement.
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, where was Confucius born?
China
Why does Prothero believe that Confucianism is the third greatest religion in the world?
Confucian values (reverence for antiquity, education, deference to elders and filial piety) suffuse Chinese society and much of East Asia and China is an economic superpower.
According to Prothero, the exemplar in Confucianism is:
Confucius
Who said, "Do not impose on others what you do not desire yourself"?
Confucius
What happened in 312 that converted Christianity, almost overnight, from a persecuted sect to a state religion of an enormous empire?
Constantine, who became the emperor of Rome, converts to Christianity
According to Prothero, the growth of Christianity in the global south is due to:
Conversions and high birth rates
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the man with his arms out represent?
Crucifixion of Jesus G. The resurrection of Jesus
What is via negativa (the negative way)?
Describing God by saying what God is not.
According to Prothero, we can easily see the connection between the Indus valley civilization and Hinduism because archaeologists have deciphered their texts.
False
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, the ideas of Confucius were widely received and implemented during his lifetime.
False
According to the video biography on the Prophet Muhammad, Muslims have always faced Mecca when they prayed.
False
According to the video biography on the Prophet Muhammad, the worship of Allah was unheard of in the Arabian Peninsula until the Prophet Muhammad.
False
All the divisions of Islam (such as Sunni and Shia) are remarkably agreed about interpretations of the Shariah.
False
Confucianism is one of the five religions recognized by the Chinese government?
False
Confucianism ridiculed traditional reverence for the dead as superstitious.
False
Confucianism ridiculed traditional rituals as dead, empty gesturing.
False
Confucius believed in agape love, like Jesus
False
Hindus view reincarnation positively.
False
In Philosophical Hinduism the karma you do is rewarded or punished by the gods.
False
In the Analects, Heaven is referred to in personal terms
False
Islam introduced no new rights or privileges for women not in Arabic society previously.
False
Like Time magazine's "Person of the Year," Prothero selected the religions to cover because they were good.
False
Mao and the Communist party were part of a movement to bring back Confucianism.
False
Protestants typically venerate relics [items associated with saints (bones) or Jesus (splinters from the cross or burial shroud)].
False
Prothero agrees with Gandhi's statement "Belief in God is the cornerstone of all religion"?
False
Prothero agrees with the fashionable statement that all religions are true and beautiful?
False
Prothero believes that all religions are treat scriptures the way Protestants do.
False
Prothero believes that all religions seek the goal of salvation from sin.
False
Prothero believes that the statement, "The Fundamentals or essentials of all religions are the same. There is difference only in the "non-essentials" is:
False
Prothero believes that we should only look at religion at its best and leave out all the bad stuff.
False
Prothero claims that evangelicalism is the same as fundamentalism.
False
Prothero selected the religions to cover on the basis of numbers alone.
False
Prothero selects all the great world religions.
False
Prothero sys that, like Islam, Christians believe that you can only understand the scriptures in the original language.
False
Reincarnation is extensively mentioned in the Vedas
False
The Pentecostal movement has been reluctant to have women clergy.
False
The Prophet Muhammad is not the exemplar of the faith in Islam.
False
The Quran contains no references to restrictions on war.
False
The Quran contains no references to war.
False
The Vedas place great importance on Shiva and Vishnu
False
According to Prothero the goddesses in Hinduism are either mild or wild. Which goddesses tend to be mild?
Goddesses who are female consorts of male gods.
Which religion has the greatest contemporary impact, according to Prothero?
Islam
Prothero needs to explain, he thinks, the willingness to believe that all religions are one. Why does he think we believe this?
It is impolite to argue (about religion). Tolerance of other religions has morphed into the straightjacket of religious agreement.
The pop song by Joan Osborne asks, "What if God was one of us?" According to Prothero, What do Christians say to this question?
It is true. God became one of us.
What does dharma mean?
It is variously translated as duty, law, justice, truth, order, righteousness, virtue, ethics and even religion.
Who had more to say about running a society?
Mohammed
Who was the better Military leader?
Mohammed
According to Prothero, what is the solution/goal Hinduism proposes?
Moksha
What is the solution proposed by the Philosophical Hinduism of the Upanishads.
Moksha via renunciation and wisdom
What does the word for mosque, "masjid." mean?
Place of prostration
What came first?
Polytheism
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, Confucius was:
Poor and Born with a deformed head
According to Prothero, which is the shortest of these three:
Quran
What was Prothero's reaction to the Quran?
Repetitious, fire and brimstone full of wrath
What is "orthodoxy"?
Right belief
What is "orthopraxy"?
Right practice or action
Which is of these churches has a centralized authority called the Pope?
Roman Catholic
A thousand years ago the Christian Church split into two main branches. What were they?
Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox
According to Prothero, what is the solution/goal Christianity proposes?
Salvation
What did the protestant reformers mean by the slogan sola fides?
Salvation comes by faith alone and not by any deeds or works a person might do.
According to Prothero, what is the problem Hinduism addresses?
Samsara
What is the problem addressed by the Philosophical Hinduism of the Upanishads.
Samsara
What language are the Vedas written in?
Sanskrit
Which group believes that the Imam ((leader) is a community as well as religious authority?
Shia
Which group is more pronounced in their commemoration of the death of the Prophet's Grandson Husain in Karbala 680?
Shia
Which of these groups has more centralized authority?
Shia
What is the issue that originally divided the Sunni and the Shite Muslims?
Should the successor to the Prophet Mohammed be hereditary or just the best-man-for-the-job?
According to Prothero, what is the problem Christianity addresses?
Sin
According to Prothero, when scholars such as Huston Smith argue for the unity of religions he tends to focus on which of the following?
Spiritual experiences and Extraordinary exemplars such as mystics.
What does "islam" mean?
Submission
What does the word "Islam" mean?
Submission
Which Islamic group is more likely to favor monasticism?
Sufi
Which of the following does Prothero associate with a radical politicized form of Islam?
Taliban Hezbollah Hamas Al-Qaeda
According to Prothero, If you asked the Chinese in a poll "Which religion are you?" what would they say?
That's a tough question. I am hard pressed to say.
Who is most credited with making Christianity a global religion and spreading it throughout the Mediterranean?
The Apostle Paul
What did the protestant reformers mean by the slogan sola scriptura?
The Bible alone is the only authoritative guide to correct doctrine.
Who is William Joseph Seymour?
The Pastor credited with starting the Pentecostal movement.
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does Moses represent?
The giving of the law
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the crib represent?
The incarnation
Prothero believes that religions do not share a finish line, but they do share a starting point. What is it?
The sense that there is something wrong with the world
When did the Hebrew God become detached from the land?
The time of the Babylonian Exile)
Hindus believe
There is one ultimate reality (monotheism) Is one supreme deity (henotheism) There many gods (polytheism).
How did Christianity resolve the issue of the divinity of Christ?
They affirmed the Divinity of Christ and monotheism in a doctrine called the Trinity.
According to Prothero, which of the following in not true of Wahhabism?
They have a baseball team and a mascot called Sheik Wahhabo.
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, when did Confucius start receiving messages from Heaven?
Trick question. Confucius did not claim to have revelations from Heaven
"Perennial Philosophy" is another way to refer to the idea that all religions are essentially one. Prothero says that "New Atheists" have used the idea to say that all religion is hazardous to your health and poisonous to society.
True
A common theme to radical Islamist groups, according to Prothero is a return to Islam as originally practiced.
True
According Prothero, Muslims are not typically portrayed favorably in movies.
True
According to Prothero 25% of Americans believe in reincarnation.
True
According to Prothero Islamic relations have been off and on with the West
True
According to Prothero the protestant movement splintered into 4 main branches: Lutherans, Reformed, Anglicans and Anabaptists.
True
According to Prothero, "Hinduism" is an umbrella term for a religious tradition that gave the world karma, reincarnation and yoga.
True
According to Prothero, Brahma the creator is a marginal deity in and ousted from Modern Hinduism's new Trinity.
True
According to Prothero, Confucianism in the West seems to be a joke and we know more of the "Confucius says" jokes than what he really said.
True
According to Prothero, Confucianism pays as much attention to the Creator God as the average atheist
True
According to Prothero, Ganesha (a god of good luck) is the most popular God in Hinduism.
True
According to Prothero, Hinduism is the least dogmatic of the world Religions.
True
According to Prothero, Hinduism is the most diverse of the world Religions.
True
According to Prothero, Modern Hinduism's three main branches revolve around worship of Vishnu (Vaishnavism), Shiva (Shaivism) and the worship of the Great Goddess Mahadevi or Shakti (Shaktism).
True
According to Prothero, New Confucianism attempts to purge Confucianism of its hierarchy and sexism?
True
According to Prothero, The Quran condemns suicide.
True
According to Prothero, about a quarter of all Christians (600 million) are charismatic.
True
According to Prothero, about the time of Jesus, Hinduism moved toward the Bhakti yoga way (the way of devotion) of achieving moksha.
True
According to Prothero, at the heart of Confucianism ethics is ren (human-heartedness).
True
According to Prothero, evangelicals are on both the political left and the political right.
True
According to Prothero, faith healing, speaking in tongues and even exorcisms are everyday occurrences in many of the world's fastest growing denominations
True
According to Prothero, li also includes avoiding extremes in thought and behavior.
True
According to Prothero, most renouncers following the way of wisdom of Philosophical Hinduism were upper class men.
True
According to Prothero, one of the most persistent criticisms of Islam is its treatment of women.
True
According to Prothero, religion is not just a private affair.
True
According to Prothero, religion one of the prime movers of international politics..
True
According to Prothero, the Sanskrit language and the importance of horses militates against an Indus Valley origin of Hinduism and in favor of an Aryan source.
True
According to Prothero, the Upanishads depict a new religious creation different from Vedic religion
True
According to Prothero, the Vedas are the world's oldest holy books.
True
According to Prothero, the Vedas seem concerned to use ritual to restore cosmic and social order (rita).
True
According to Prothero, the face of Christianity is growing darker?
True
According to Prothero, the global south Christianity is not so much concerned with creeds and catechisms as with experiencing the divine.
True
According to Prothero, the most ancient layer of Hinduism is the proto-Hindu lost civilization of the Indus Valley.
True
According to Prothero, there are moderate and progressive Muslims.
True
According to Prothero, when scholars such as Huston Smith and Karen Armstrong are indicating that all religions are one they are not describing the world as it is, but as they hope it may be.
True
According to Prothero, with the notable exception of Western Europe, the rest of the world is furiously religious.
True
According to some Shia, the twelfth Imam (the grandson of the Prophet) disappeared but will return at the end of time.
True
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, Confucius was a giant.
True
According to the video biography on the Prophet Muhammad, Muhammad thought that his revelations were from the same God that spoke to Moses and Jesus.
True
Allah is the Arabic word for God.
True
An important concept in Confucianism is li, which literally means "to arrange in order."
True
Arabs were making pilgrimages to Mecca prior to Islam?
True
Both Christianity and Islam have mystic traditions.
True
Brigham Young led the Mormons out of the Midwest to settle Utah (then part of Mexico)
True
Buddha is one of the avatars (incarnations) of the god Vishnu.
True
Christianity is a missionary religion.
True
Confucianism became the state religion in China at one point.
True
Confucianism believes one can build character through education
True
Confucianism believes one can perfect themselves through education.
True
Confucianism believes that keeping traditional roles is important to the social order.
True
Confucianism developed at a time of political turmoil.
True
Confucianism is grouped with Daoism and Buddhism as China's "Three Teachings."
True
Confucianism rejects the "Five Classics" of Chinese literature.
True
Confucianism sees hierarchy in society as an essential ingredient of social harmony.
True
Cremation is practiced in the Vedas.
True
Devotional Hinduism is rooted in the hugely popular Mahabharata and Ramayana epics.
True
Devotional Hinduism seeks the aid and grace of a personal deity to achieve moksha.
True
Devotional Hindus observe festivals.
True
Devotional Hindus offer food sacrifices to the gods at home and temple shrines.
True
Does Prothero agree that there can be religions without God?
True
Following ritual is important in Confucianism.
True
In Philosophical Hinduism the karma is fueled by good and bad deeds.
True
In Philosophical Hinduism you must ultimately realize that the Atman (soul or self) and the Brahmin (divine) are one.
True
In the 19th Century Christianity expanded rapidly due to evangelistic efforts.
True
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna allows Arjuna to see him as god.
True
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna spells out the three ways to achieve moksha: ritual, renunciation and reverence for devotion to the gods.
True
In the Mahabharata reincarnation is taught. Souls are immortal.
True
Joseph Smith founded Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) a man named Moroni (who had become an angel) told him where gold plates written in "reformed Egyptian" were buried.
True
Junzi, the word for exemplary person, noble man, gentle man, profound person or superior man is something within reach of all of us through education.
True
Krishna is one of the avatars (incarnations) of the god Vishnu.
True
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is the most successful of the American outside the mold religions
True
Mormonism was persecuted and Joseph Smith murdered?
True
Mormons accept the Bible (where it doesn't conflict with Mormon teaching)
True
Muslims are called to prayer 5 times a day and face Mecca.
True
Muslims reject the idea that God could become incarnate.
True
Neo-Confucianism was a revival of Confucianism in about the 11th century that also added meditative discipline of quiet sitting and reformed the canon.
True
One can obtain moksha if you die at the birthplace of Shiva (Varanasi or Benares).
True
One of Confucianism's key insights is that self-cultivation and social harmony are not at odds.
True
One trend in Modern Hinduism has been multicultural and rejects polytheism in favor of monotheism, the caste system, child marriage, puja, and widow burning.
True
One trend in Modern Hinduism has been toward Hindu nationalism and to return to the Vedas.
True
Other religions have trinities?
True
Philosophical Hinduism is, according to Prothero, functionally atheistic because you don't need the help of gods to achieve moksha and karma works automatically.
True
Prothero argues that, unlike Christianity, Islam is concerned with pride and self sufficiency rather than sin.
True
Prothero believes that Confucius was one of the five most influential persons in history.
True
Prothero believes that Religion is one of the greatest forces for evil in world history.
True
Prothero believes that Religion is one of the greatest forces for good in world history.
True
Prothero believes that Westerners know almost nothing about Islam
True
Prothero believes that each religion can be analyzed in terms of the exemplars the religion uses to show practitioners how to solve the problem the religion addresses.
True
Prothero believes that each religion can be analyzed in terms of the problem the religion addresses.
True
Prothero believes that each religion can be analyzed in terms of the solution to the problem the religion addresses and that this is also the goal the religion tries to achieve.
True
Prothero believes that each religion can be analyzed in terms of the solution to the problem the religion addresses.
True
Prothero believes that each religion can be analyzed in terms of the technique the religion uses to solve the problem the religion addresses.
True
Prothero believes that it is impossible to understand American politics without some understanding of the Bible.
True
Prothero believes that it is impossible to understand Indian politics without some understanding of Hinduism.
True
Prothero believes that it is impossible to understand the Chinese economy without some understanding of Confucianism.
True
Prothero believes that it is impossible to understand the actions of individuals, communities, societies, or nations in purely political or economic terms and that it is religion that often motivates events.
True
Prothero believes that more and more Christians tend not to label themselves denominationally?
True
Prothero believes that the 19th and 20th Century may have belonged to Christianity, but the 21st century belongs to Islam.
True
Prothero believes that we unfortunately we live in a world where religion seems likely to detonate a bomb as to defuse one.
True
Prothero claims for much of the 20th Century Confucianism was left for dead.
True
Prothero claims that Boston Confucianism is revisiting the debate about the human nature that occupied Mencius and Xunzi .
True
Prothero claims that Devotional Hinduism celebrates the body rather than renounces it.
True
Prothero claims that Pentecostalism began in the Azusa St church in Los Angeles.
True
Prothero claims that Protestant Christianity has fewer female exemplars than Roman Catholicism
True
Prothero claims that although Islam is often criticized for its sword verses in the Koran, Christianity and Judaism have similar problematic passages.
True
Prothero claims that because the Ramayana is revered by Jains, Buddhists and even Muslims, it is the fourth most influential book ever written, next to the Bible, Quran and the Analects of Confucius.
True
Prothero claims that evangelicalism emphasized experience and emotion over doctrine.
True
Prothero claims that the exemplars in Protestant Christianity are ordinary heroes of the faith like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King who are not prayed to or given feast days.
True
Prothero claims that the invention of the printing press helped spread the protestant reformation.
True
Prothero puts himself in opposition to religious scholars like Huston Smith and Karen Armstrong.
True
Prothero says that Christianity also produced a parade of new denominations that do not fit the three classic divisions of Christendom. Mormonism is one of them
True
Prothero says that Islam (or a version of it) became visible in the U.S. in the 60's with the advent of Nation of Islam, and associated leaders such as Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali.
True
Prothero thinks that the idea that "all gods are one" is a fantasy of wishful thinking on the part of Religious Studies scholars.
True
Prothero wrote God is Not One to help people to become religiously literate.
True
Rama was constantly suspicious of his wife's fidelity, but she proved herself every time.
True
Rama, in the Ramayana is an incarnation of Vishnu.
True
Ren refers to right relationships among people
True
Shariah means law
True
Some Philosophical Hindu thinkers rejected the Vedas.
True
Some of the slaves imported to the Americas were Muslims.
True
Sufis is a mystical tradition within Islam that places more emphasis on experience than on the five pillars.
True
Sufis more than any other Muslim sect are likely to think that all religions are paths to the divine.
True
Sufis seem to flirt with pantheism.
True
The "Whirling Dervishes" are Sufi.
True
The Analects is the collected sayings of Confucius.
True
The Bhagavad Gita ("Sacred Song") is a portion of the Mahabharata
True
The Hadith is a collection of sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad
True
The Hindu Trinity (or Trimurti) consists of three important gods - Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the sustainer) and Shiva (the destroyer).
True
The Mahabharata is about the ethics of war and a dilemma faced by Arjuna a warrior who must do his duty as a warrior, but this will entail killing his cousins, uncles and teachers.
True
The Pentecostal movement is reported to have begun at the Azusa Street Church in Los Angeles in 1906.
True
The Pentecostal movement is the fastest growing Christian movement.
True
The Quran is the scriptures of Islam
True
The Quran mentions Jesus as the son of Mary
True
The Shia supported of a blood-line successor to the Prophet.
True
The Sunni and Shia divided over who should be the successor of the Prophet.
True
The Sunni are the most numerous of the Muslims.
True
The Upanishads originated during the axial age.
True
The caste system originates in the Vedas
True
The difference between drunk and sober Sufism is that the sober ones emphasize the wrath of God a bit more, and are fonder of prose and reason, while the drunk Sufi emphasize the intoxicating love of God, God's mercy, God's beauty and are fond of poetry as a medium for expressing all of this.
True
The examination for civil employment in China was over the 5 classics.
True
The key repositories of Hindu stories are the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
True
There are over a billion Muslims in the world.
True
There are passages in the Quran that seem to treat women equally.
True
There is controversy in Europe over the wearing of the hijib (a head covering) (The burqa is a full-body covering).
True
There is more than one Veda
True
Two of the featured gods in the Vedas are Indra and Agni
True
Veda means knowledge.
True
Who were Mencius and Xunzi?
Two Confucian thinkers who carried on the master's teaching after his death
According to the video Confucius: Words of Wisdom, why did Confucius leave the Duchy of Lu?
Warlords presented the Duke of Lu with a bunch of pretty girls and he quit listening to Confucius.
The Ramayana is a Hindu epic that:
Was composed between 200 BC and 200 AD. Is twice as long as the New Testament Contains a story about Prince Rama, his wife Sita and her capture by the 10-headed demon king Ravana. Was serialized on India television
Modern Hinduism has moved most in the direction of:
Western Monotheism
What was the debate about between Mencius and Xunzi.
Whether human nature was basically good or basically evil
In Philosophical Hinduism you can escape samsara and achieve moksha by:
Your own efforts at obtaining wisdom
Muslims accept Jesus as:
a prophet
