PHIL 103 HONORS World Religion
"Among the Navajo, a number of colors balance their universe. These are"
"Black, white, yellow, blue"
The traditional Chinese character for sage has 3 components
"Ear, mouth, ruler"
"Like many heroes, Mahavira is anointed on a ___ called ___"
"Mountain, Mt Mer"
becomes therewith a revelation of the inhumanity of the order of the universe.
"Sudden, monstrous, death"
Henotheism is
"The belief that there are many gods, but only one in whom you believe"
"The five elemental forces in Confucianism are metal, -- & --, water, soil"
"Wood, fire"
The Three Marks of Existence in Buddhism.
1. Anatta (no self) 2. Anicca (impermanence) 3. Dukkha (suffering)
The rise of the Bhakti Movement was between ____ and ____
1200-1750 CE
The approximate date of the birth of Nanak is
1469
The Pre-Vedic period of Hinduism ended approximately in
1750 BCE
Ahura Mazda utters __ which fortell all that will happen till the end time
21 words
The Adventists have __ Fundamental Beliefs
28
Virtually every hero crosses the first threshold between the ages of
29-32
"Like most heroes, Mahavira was __ when he left to pursue his fate"
30
__ years of the life of Jesus are unaccounted for.
30
Mahavira preached for some __ years and died at __.
30 & 72
The Intertestamental Period
300 BCE - 300 CE
The Golden Age of Hinduism was between ___ and ___.
320-650 CE
"In Sikhism, all living things fall into one of _ categories depending upon where they are born"
4
"In life affirmative cultures, it seems that the number 3 is replaced by the number"
4
Zoroastrians pray __ times per day.
5
"In Jain, there are _ ages of history each __ years long"
6/21000
Mohammed conquered Mecca in
630
"According to this Jain tradition, there are 5 eternal substances"
?v?t?mbara
"In 1920, Rutherford declared that they would be resurrected in 1925."
Abraham and Isaac
Another name for Hebraic Judaism
Abrahamic
The gnostic term for the demi-urges
Aeons
The first day of each month in the Zoroastrian calendar is dedicated to
Ahura Mazda
The supreme diety in Zoroastrianism is
Ahura Mazda
An ancient Indian religion called Follower of the Way of Life
Ajivika
"In Zoroastrianism, this is the great mountain that took 800 years to grow"
Alburz
"According to this tribe, corn grows from the body of a buried human"
Algonquin
"In all religions, a return to fundamentalism is a response to"
All of these
"In Jain, this is the realm outside the universe"
Aloka
"When Augustine listened to this man's sermons, he converted to Pauline Christianity"
Ambrose
"In 1978, this law allowed Native Americans to practice their religion"
American Indian Religious Freedom Act
The creator god among the Dogon
Amma
The Sikh rite of passage for a male
Amrit Sanshar
The ideals of Sikhism are spelled out in the
Anah Piare
He was with Buddha when he died
Ananda
The Zoroastrian demi god of evil
Angra Mainyu
"Among the Navajo, he plays the role of Trickster."
Angry Coyote
"Among the Navajo, he teaches humans that death is necessary."
Angry Coyote
"An ________ is a universal, archaic patterns and images that derive from the collective unconscious and are the psychic counterpart of instinct."
Archetype
He convened the Third Council in Buddhism
Ashoka
"Of the 3 types of sacred fire in Zoroastrianism, this is the highest"
Atash Behram
For the Yorubam this means reincartaion
Atunwa
"Among the Zuni, this god created the world from his own breath and body"
Awonawilona
The physical realm in Yoruba religion
Aye
A early gnostic group that practiced baptism
Barbeloites
An early gnostic group that practiced baptism
Barbeloites
He founded the Branch Davidians
Benjamin Roden
Most scholars believe Sikhism's roots can be found in this movement.
Bhakti
"In Jain, these are the demi-gods who live in hell"
Bhavanpati
The older sister of Nanak who is often considered his first disciple.
Bibi Nanki
She becomes pregnant when a skull placed in a tree spits in her hand
Blood Maiden
"__ is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta"
Bodhisattva
"According to Gash, his essential teaching was liberation from suffering"
Budda
Mahavira lived around the time of __
Buddha
The creation story in Zoroastrianism is called
Bundahishn
___ signifies that destiny has summoned the hero and transferred his spiritual center of gravity from within the pale of his society to a zone unknown.
Call to adventure
"he said Whenever one moves out of the transcendent, one comes into a field of opposites. "
Campbell
This was one of the most developed Neolithic towns in Anatolia.
Catal-Huyuk
This Daoist movement identified 5 classes of women.
Celestial Masters
"According to this African tribe, humans descended to earth on a Gossomer thread from a spider web."
Chagga
"In Zoroastrian myth, this is the bridge to the Other World"
Chinvat
This law led to establishing boarding schools for Native Americans
Civilization Fund Act
"If God made the natural laws, why could he not violate them when it was a particularly significant moment for him to do so?"
Collins
He argued that God is the answer to all of those How must it have come to be questions.
Collins
"For him, human religion and society can be described in 3 stages"
Comte
This book details Augustine's spiritual journey
Confessions
"In 1881, he became the president of the Watch Tower Society"
Conley
She mirrors the health of the dead person's soul
Daena
The untouchables often refer to themselves as
Dalit
He argued that as organisms become more complex the need to adapt increases
Darwin
"He cited Ezekiel 9 as proof only 144,000 would be saved"
David Houteff
"In 1934, he founded the Universal Publishing Association"
David Houteff
His theology focused on Isaiah 54-66
David Houteff
The Davidians were founded by
David Houteff
He changed his name to David Koresh
David Koresh
He wrote The God Delusion
Dawlins
This was the prototype in Sikhism of the gurdwara
Dharamsala
"The idea that Jesus never had a body, only the appearance of one"
Docetism
"This religious text begins with the words ""What Tian has ordained is called human nature"
Doctrine of the Mean
"This religious text begins with the words "What Tian has ordained is called human nature"
Doctrine of the Mean
The focus of this religious text is self-betterment or cultivation.
Doctrine of the Mean
A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things.
Durkeim
Of the four sources in Genesis this is the oldest
E
They believed Jesus was the last of the prophets
Ebionites
This was the name given the Church at Jerusalem
Ebionites
"In this tribe, Olokun has is god of fertility"
Edo
The Canaanite goddess who called Abraham
El Shaddai
"As a teenager, he was given this name which means 'one you can trust.'"
El-Amin
"In Judaism, he ascended into heaven in a fiery chariot"
Elijah
Founder of the Seventh Day Adventists
Ellen White
He once owned all the cattle on earth.
Enkai
The son of Isaac who should have received the covenant
Esau
"Orisha of chance, accident and unpredictability"
Eshu
Jesus may have been a member of this sectarian group who lived in the Dead Sea area
Essenes
This prophet apparently had mystical visions
Ezekiel
He argued that intention and consequence don't matter - only the moment does
Fletcher
In 1959 she gathered her followers at Mt. Carmel
Florence Houteff
Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
Francis Collins
"At death, the soul is united with its"
Fravashi
The Zoroastrian term for guardian angel.
Fravashi
He argued that humans experience themselves as both a part of and apart from the physical world
Fromm
"A better translation of ""Vanity of Vanities"" could be "
Futility of futilities
This African tribe believes death is the result of the anger of the first woman.
Gikuyu
This tribe recognizes several categories of the spirits of the dead.
Gikuyu
Gobind Singh was born
Gobind Rai
"Killed by Angra Mainyu, its seed became the moon & plants"
Goshorun
In the 17th Century he compiled the Adi Granth
Guru Arjan
He found mystical significance in the letters of the alphabet
Guru Nanak
He argued that the art of war develops only late in human evolution.
H. H. Turney-High
These are reports about the life of Mohammed collected by those close to him
Haddith
Sarah's handmaiden who gave Abraham his first son
Hagar
"As was the custom, Mohammed was raised by a wet nurse named"
Halima
This biblical story was used to justify racism
Ham
"According to the Navajo, this enters through human breath to direct human actions and thoughts. "
Holy Wind
They believed that humans in this life are imperfect but will find perfection after death
Hopi
He is NOT one of the major prophets
Hosea
"Born in Bulgaria, he would break from the Adventists over biblical interpretation"
Houteff
"Among the Quiche Maya, the heart of heaven, called ___ prepared the earth for humans."
Huracán
"Among the Quiche Maya,the heart of heaven, called ___ prepared the earth for humans."
Huracán
Peniel means
I have seen the face of god
The Yoruba system of divination
IFA
In Jain there are a number of references to this god who predates Jain and whom we know little about
Indra
The name given to the period from 300 BCE to 300 CE
Intertestamental
Earth of the Day of the Fish
Izubay Minne
His blood falls to earth as clouds of rain
Izubay Minne
"In 1931, he was the one who changed the name of the Watchtower Society to Jehovah's Witnesses"
J.F. Rutherford
He was the last of Mahavira's disciples to achieve Kavala
Jambu
He assassinated Gobind Singh
Jamshed Khan
In 1919 the leaders of this group were jailed for sedition.
Jehovah's Witnesses
"This word mean ""Holy War"" in Islam"
Jihad
His question is never answered
Job
This gospel is an apologia to the Mandeans
John
He founded the Yoruba Christian Church.
Josiah Oshirelu
He believed humans share a common collective unconscious.
Jung
He believed that there are common psychological symbols which can be found in all human cultures.
Jung
This plague effected the life & times of Mohammed
Justinian's
"In Jain, these are the luminous demi-gods who live above the earth"
Jyotishka devas
"In Hebrew, this word means ""received tradition"""
Kabbala
The point of this Jewish document is to reconnect heaven and earth
Kabbala
The Hindu word for time and death is the same - it is
Kala
In Jain, the current age is called
Kali Yuga
These two aims of life in Hinduism apply to the householder stage
Kama and Artha
In Sikhism was is the word for Abode of Faith
Katarpur
"Eventually, Mohammed married a wealth widow whose name was"
Khadija
The avatar that is the end of time
Khalki
"Before hunting, according to Campbell, he saw a great heart."
King Arthur
The Great Ark of the Pure Earth
Kora Na
The eighth avatar of Vishnu is
Krishna
The High God of the Dinka is called
Kwoth
"Among this tribe, at puberty, boys take a vision quest"
Lakota
Confucius' mentor
Lao Tzu
He is reputed to be the author of the Dao de Jing
Lao Tzu
"According to this law, a male relative had to provide a deceased male with a son"
Law of Onan
"In Confucianism, this term means ritual, virtue."
Li
In 1978 she became the leader of the Branch Davidians
Lois Roden
The Daoist divine patron of business owners.
Lord Guan
In Hinduism Nataraja
Lord of the Dance
He is credit with starting the Protestant Reformation
Luther
"In Jain, the place where liberated souls go in the lower spokes of time"
Mahavideha
Tantrik developed from
Mahayana
This form of Buddhism believed Buddha to be the earthly expression of ultimate reality
Mahayana
This form of Buddhism is called the Great Vehicle
Mahayana
Zen developed from
Mahayana
This African rebellion was against German colonial interests
Maji Maji
They believed Jesus was the Prophet of Lies
Mandeans
They believed that the Logos was god's active force
Mandeans
"Largely because of the influence of this group, Mary had to be a virgin"
Manicheans
The oldest of the four gospels
Mark
This gospel originally ended with an empty tomb
Mark
Mohammed was born in this city which was already a religious center
Mecca
He believed every human has the inherent ability to be a sage
Mencius
He reaffirmed moral cultivation to be a religious calling.
Mencius
This class or family held the position of Ministry of Works
Meng
This idea changed from military to spiritual over a 300-year period
Messiah
This transformation occurred during the Intertestamental Period
Messiah becomes a religious figure
The final stage of conversion to Judaism involves immersion in a pool called
Mikveh
Confucius eventually held this position
Minister of Crime
"When the First Man and First Woman mate with these people, various groups of humans were created"
Mirage People
At the core of the Torah tradition lies the concept of
Mitzvot
"According to this tribe, there is a special relationship between humans and grizzlys"
Modoc
This caused the schism in Islam that survives today
Mohammed left no clear successor
Release or liberation in Hinduism
Moksha
This is recited in Sikhism at the beginning of Amrit Sanshar
Mul Mantra
This location proved to be the remains of a major gnostic community
Nag Hamadi
"In Jain, this is the realm of hellish creatures"
Naraka
This tribe believes illness results from social conflict.
Ndembu
In this culture a boy and girl are killed when having intercourse
New Guinea
These two great councils ultimately defined Pauline Christianity
Nicean & Chalcedon
The ?j?vika school is known for its
Niyati (Fate )
This Zoroastrian holiday honors Amesha Spenta
Nowruz
The Mountain God in Maasi religion
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Goddess of the Moon in Maasi Religion
Olapa
"In Confucianism, from the Dao comes the"
One
Two pillars of Maasi culture
Oodo Mongi and Orok Kiteng
"In the Navajo creation myth, he brings the First Man and First Woman back together"
Owl Man
Third wife of Shango
Oya
They were the first five disciples of Nanak
Panj Piare
Monist Hinduism is
Pantheistic
This was Houteff's call to Adventists to reform
Partial List of Abominations
He argued science and religion will always clash.
Paul Bloom
At that this Jacob changed his name to Israel
Peniel
This name means 'I have seen the face of god and lived'
Peniel
"In Greek myth, she is the great serpent's bride"
Persephone
This Jewish group believed in the immortality of the soul
Pharisees
The 'Image of the Womb of Amma'
Po Tolo
This position argues that the death of God on the cross can only mean god is dead
Protest Theism
The sky came from his head - according to Hinduism
Purusha
The god often depicted as a featured serpent among the Aztecs.
Quetzalcoatl
The god-king of the south Indian province of ____ had to sacrifice himself at the end of the length of time required by the planet Jupiter for a circuit of the zodiac - roughly 12 years.
Quilacare in Malabar
This Jewish mystic taught god withdrew into itself
Rabbi Isaac Lauria
The avatar of bravery and chivalry
Rama
He wrote The Myth of the Birth of the Hero
Rank
"In Confucianism, this term means benevolence, virtue, humanness."
Ren
Seeing things as they are in Buddhism is called
Right View
This story shows how Christians reappropriated Hebrew Scripture
Road to Emmaus
"In Hinduism, this is the cosmic regularity of time"
Rta
Confucianism is also called
Ruism
"In 1916, he died unexpectedly at age 64."
Russell
He believed that 1914 would mark the end of a 2520 year period & usher in the end of time
Russell
He believed that 1914 would mark the end of a 2520-year period & usher in the end of time
Russell
He believed that in 1874 Christ had returned as an invisivble spirit
Russell
The concept that 'ultimate reality' has form and attributes.
Saguna Brahman
This is the word for promoting concentration in Buddhism
Samadhi
"In this African religion, they believe god is found in mountains, rivers, streams."
Samburu
"The continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in Buddhism"
Samsara
The cycle of birth and death in Hinduism is
Samsara
The prophet who opposed Saul
Samuel
"First king of the Jews, he was ineffective."
Saul
This council was called to address issues surrounding discipline of Buddhist monks
Second
"According to Sethian Gnostics, he married his sister"
Seth
Sethian Gnostics claims this biblical person as their founder
Seth
Who was Azura?
Seth's wife & sister
"According to Fromm, he showed to what degree social scientists distort the picture of societies under their observation by judging them from what seems to be the ""nature"" of economics, just as they come to conclusions about the nature of man from the data, if not of modern man, at least of man as we know him through most of his civilized history."
Shalins
This word refers to the conservative Islamic law
Sharia
The Davidians were originally called
Shepherd's Rod
"Among the ____, the priests, who were the only ones knowing the will of God (whom they called Nyakang), saw to it that the king was killed after a term of seven years"
Shilluk
Ceremony that reaffirms the earth's connection to Sirius
Sigui
Performed every 60 years
Sigui
When the sun and Sirius come together
Sigui
This religion believed there were no Hindus or Muslims.
Sikhism
This first century religious leader is often cited as the Father of Gnosticism
Simon Magus
"In some forms of Gnosticism, she is associated with the creation of evil"
Sophia
The wise man who returns in Yoruba religion is called
Sotunde
The caretaker of the souls of the dead in Zoroastrianism
Sraosha
The reuniting of the two placentas in Dogon religion is called
Taba Tolo
This Jewish text is a collection of oral traditions
Talmud
The actual meaning of Ha Satan
The Accuser
Unlike Christian Scripture which is open to interpretation
The Quran means what it says
Buddha means
The awakened one
Kshatriya in Hinduism refers to
The caste of warriors
This distinguishes the hero from the shaman
The hero is more human
___ emotionally disturbing glimpse of death as the life of the living is the fundamental motivation supporting the rites around which the social structure of the early planting villages was composed.
The interdependence of death and sex
"Among the Dogon, Ogo becomes"
The pale fox
He was a 19th century advocate of Zionism
Theodor Herzl
This is called The Way of the Elders
Theravada
This Greek festival was exclusively for women.
Thesmophoria
"According to this Adventist Doctrine, only 144.000 will be saved"
Three Angels Message
This is one of the basic Adventist doctrines
Three Angels Message
The exercise of Dao in Confucianism is one way of thinking about
Tianming
He believed religion is ultimate concern
Tillich
"According to Gash, this Buddhist text provides a rich ethics."
Tripitaka
"This group of Hindu texts means ""sitting down near (a teacher)"""
Upanishads
David had him killed in order to take Bethshaba
Uriah
He waged war against syncretism of Islam & indigenous religions in Africa
Usman dan Fodio
Valentine's Day comes from this Gnostic-Christian group
Valentinians
Mahavira's birth name was
Vardhamana
Jain may have been established when this period was ending.
Vedic
Nine of the ten avatars of the avatar of Brahman have appeared
Vishnu
"Ahura Mazda creates Good Thought, also called"
Vohuman
"In 1890, at this place, Lakota were killed doing the Ghost Dance"
Wounded Knee
"In 1890, he established a second Ghost Dance,"
Wovoka
Jesus' name was
Y'hosua ben Yosef
"Though we have been taught to perceive this god as good, Gnostics believed it was evil"
Yahweh
"In Gnosticism, he created Eve to get power stolen from Sophia back"
Yaldabaoth
"In Hinduism, time is personified in the god of death "
Yama
This tribe throws the placenta of a baby into a river at birth.
Yansi
"During this ritual, 72 chapters of the Avesta are read."
Yasna
"Among the Yoruba, Mother of Waters, Nurturer of Water Resources."
Yemoja
"According to this tribe, the Jump Dancel was taught to them by Immortals"
Yurok
This form of Buddhism stresses practice over doctrine.
Zen
"In the 11th Century, he establish 4 goals for his life."
Zhang Zai
"According to this text, the ultimate person is spirit-like."
Zhuangzi
"This Confucian text is divided into 3 sections - inner, outer and miscellaneous"
Zhuangzi
In Confucianism this term means spontaneity.
Ziran
They regarded the Navajo and the Hopi as their young siblings.
Zuni
Mohammed received his first revelation in
a church
In Navajo myth this is used to bring women and men back together
a raft
"In Gnosticism, creator of the physical universe"
a rebellious demi-god
"In the 1880s, this was a reaction to the rise of science"
a rebirth of fundamentalism
"From the time he was 10 until he was 14, Mohammed worked as "
a shepherd & caravan merchant
A life __ culture is not likely to create technology
affirmative
The opening chapter of the Quran is called
al-fatihah
"In Gnosticism, at the end of time this will happen"
all of these
"In a life negative culture, this is always true"
all of these
"Thinking about Navajo myth, this is true"
all of these
Mohammed's grandfather was
all of these
The three jewels of Jain faith include
all of these
This is the cup of immortality in Sikhism
amrit
"In Gnosticism, the demi-gods are created by"
an unknowable god
Brahman can only be described via general attributes: infinite being (sat) infinite awareness (chit)
and infinite bliss (Ananda)
"Among the Quiche Maya, the first creation is the creation of"
animals that can't talk
Most African religions are __ that is they see humans as the center of the cosmos.
anthropocentric
This Greek word means revelation
apocalypse
"According to Jung birth, death, separation from parents, initiation, marriage, the union of opposites are examples of ______."
archetypal events
"The great mother, father, child, devil, god, wise old man, wise old woman, the trickster, the hero, are all examples of ______."
archetypal figures
"History, culture and personal context shape these _____ thereby giving them their specific content."
archetypal images
In Gnosticism to achieve salvation one must
attain knowledge
The Pali canon is divided into three divisions or
baskets
She created the first Navajo people from her own body.
blood maiden
"In Navajo myth, the second world is colored"
blue
"In West Africa, this is the name for spirits who possess people"
bori
Rabbinic Jews argued that Jesus was
born out of wedlock
The ascent of humans from the underworld is symbolically
breaking the hymen
The most important event in Solomon's reign
building of the temple
"This first stage of the mythological journey which we have designated the ""____"" signifies that destiny has summoned the hero and transferred his spiritual center of gravity from within the pale of his society to a zone unknown."
call to adventure
In the Mahayana Trikaya there are five __
celestial buddhas
"Among some Native American cultures, they connect the sacred & the earth"
certain dwellings
Religion fulfills the need for
certainty
Ritual chanting and singing that takes place over days
chantways
"According to Jung, this is one of the primordial images"
circle
In many Native American cultures time is
circular not linear
"According to Fromm, ___ is institutionalized, organized by permanent chieftains, and aims at conquest of territory and/or acquisition of slaves and/or booty."
civilized war
"In the creation myth of the Hopi, humans are led from the underworld by"
clowns
"From a Jungian perspective, Mary"
completes the Quaternio
The kara in Sikhism symbolizes
connection to God
For Darwin __ is a function of the need to adapt.
consciousness
"According to the Quiche Maya, humans are created from"
corn meal and water
Among the Cherokee she produced corn through the trickery of her son & his friend
corn woman
This chemical is released in our bodies when we feel threatened
cortosol
This chemical shuts down the immune system
cortosol
A woman who is virtuous but not obedient to her husband cannot
cross into heaven
In myth time is primarily
cyclical
"In this Maasi ritual, the recently dead are helped into the afterlife."
dama
"In Chinese folk religion, these are the 3 central nodal points in the body"
dantian
"In the Popul Vuh, the gods introduce this to keep humans from being like them"
death
The Apostles' Creed was intended to
define the orthodox expression of faith
Darwin failed to see that the rise of science would
demythologize humans
"Thinking about Comte, the whole of human evolution can be described as"
demythologizing ourselves and the world
"In larger mythological terms, the innermost cave is like"
descending into the underworld
"In Buddhism, the cause of suffering is "
desire
"In Jain, unlike Hinduism, Krishna is a "
devious trickster
The kirpan in Sikhism symbolizes
devotion to truth
"As if to stress his connection to ordinary humans, the hero"
dies
In Sikhism Kirat Karna
doing good things
The flat earth was believed to be covered by
dome of the heavens
The main body of the Arabian Nights was written between the ___ centuries C.E.
eighth and fourteenth
This Greek word means end of time
eschaton
"Earth, air, fire and water in Sikhism all come from "
ether
"According to the book, Judaism can be described as"
ethical monotheistic
This literary genre is designed to give us an idea of how things came to be as they are.
etiology
"In most life negative religions, the earth or physical body is identified with"
evil or corruption
"This person often attempts to distract the hero from his fate, only to fail."
father
"Animism belongs to this stage, according to Comte"
fetishism
The seventh stage of creation in Zoroastrianism
fire
"Where science seeks to demythologize the world, this seeks to re-mythologize it"
fundamentalism
Qoheleth means
gatherer
"According to Campbell, the ultimate word in our language for that which is transcendent is ____."
god
"Prior to Bruno, ___ was the center of the universe"
god
The Akal Parakh is the Sikh term for
god
In Pauline Christianity this had to be true in order to fix our relationship with God
god had to enter history
"This word in Sikhism is used in multiple contexts, one of which is as a reference to god"
guru
"According to Russell, 1874 was supposed to begin"
harvest of the Golden Age
"In Gnosticism, the creator god"
has a plan that includes defeating evil
"If it weren't for Constantine, Christianity might"
have disappeared
"In these Gnostic texts, god is envisioned as "
having male & female elements
"Paul's answer to the questions ""If he were the messiah why did he die this way"""
he had to
"In the Navajo creation myth, the first set of twins were"
hermaphrodites
"According to Campbell, ____ is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or other than himself."
hero
The manifestation of the sacred is called ___
hierophany
He is Sidhartha's first mentor
his charioteer
Much of Mohammed's knowledge of politics came from this man
his grandfather
Who did Seth marry according to some Gnostics?
his sister
"In Gnosticism, the Messiah had to be"
human and divine
"This doctrine argues that Mary was created free from original sin, specifically to mother Jesus"
immaculate conception
"In this phase, the hero experiences radical doubt about who he is and what he is to do"
innermost cave
"As this diminishes, the need to adapt increases according to Darwin"
instinct
A scientifically worded attempt to show that blanks in the evolutionary narrative are more meaningful than its very convincing totality
intelligent design
The Buddhist idea that all things are somehow related.
interdependent origination
"According to Smart, NOT one of the 7 dimensions of religion."
introspection
"As if to stress the importance of the hero, his mother"
is impregnated by a god or divine being
"By comparison to the Navajo, death in Mayan mythology"
is not natural
"In Gnosticism, the end of history"
is the defeat of evil
"Among the Pueblo, the ancestral spirits are known as"
kachinas
In Jain this frees the jiva from the effects of karma.
kavala
Navajo rite of passage for a girl.
kinaalda
The central human figure in Maasi religion
laibon
Religions which use dualism to explain the nature of humans are usually
life negative
The journey to the inner most cave can also be thought of as
like Jonah going into the belly of the whale
"In Sikhism, Kamm is"
lust
"In Apache mythology, ___ faces downward while ___ faces upward."
male/female
"A __ is the period during which the earth is ruled by a particular Manu, the father of man."
manavantara
"In the Vedas, this word refers to the magical powers of the gods"
maya
The spiritual half of the universe in Zoroastrianism is called
menog
Penentheism is also known as
monistic monotheism
"The ____ of the Neolithic religion is not only the mistress of wild animals. She is also the patroness of the hunt, the patroness of agriculture, and the mistress of plant life."
mother goddess
"According to Campbell, ___ are clues to the spiritual potentialities of the human life."
myths
A life __ culture is inherently aggressive.
negative
"For those who have ___, the first encounter of the hero-journey is with a protective figure (often a little old crone or old man) who provides the adventurer with amulets against the dragon forces he is about to pass."
not refused the call
"The creator of the (material) universe is, according to Gnosticism"
not the supreme god
Human spiritual consciousness in the physical realm
ori-inu
In evil in the physical world in Zoroastrianism is not the fault of
original sin
Bhakti Marga is
piety
Circumcision in Jerusalem symbolically stood for
possession by god
Quran means
recitation
"In Yoruba religion, this occurs within families."
reincarnation
Navajo healing ritual is called
sand painting
In Zen this is the spontaneous realization of Enlightenment
satori
This archetype is often used to explain Mary's role in salvation history
second eve
Religion has very little policy influence and science garners great support in a
secular
"According to the Manicheans, Adam & Eve didn't sin, they were"
seduced by an evil demi-god
Haumi in Sikhism is
self-centeredness
The shura refers in Hinduism to the ___ caste.
servant
Islam has been present in Africa since
seventh century CE
"According to the Manicheans, however pleasurable this might be, it weakens the soul"
sex
"Often male, this person stands at the intersection of all axes of the Quaternio"
shaman or hero
"In Jain there are two types of jivas, these are"
stationary and mobile
This is caused when we try to hold on to what cannot be held on to.
suffering
"In Native American religions, creation is often attributed to"
super humans
Cross cultural pollination
syncretism
"When a religion does not identify a single founder, this is often true."
syncretism shaped the religion
Jung rejected this theory of human psychological development.
tabula rasa
This is the term for reality or truth in Jain
tattva
Augustine belonged to this Manichean group
the Hearers
The Manichean community was divided into two groups the Elected and
the Hearers
The path between suffering and liberation in Buddhism
the Middle way
Most Gnostics identify the figure of Christ with
the Son of Man
The world Bible comes from the Latin Biblica meaning
the books
"From the Hebrew perspective, the fall occurred because "
the gods felt threatened
The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that ___ is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to be one's own interest.
the hero's refusal to heed the call
"In Hindi cosmology, Purusha's mind became"
the moon
The two original schools of Buddhism disagreed about
the nature of the soul
in Hinduism Grihastha is
the second Ashrama
"Aversion, attachment and ignorance are called"
the three poisons
"In a life negative culture, humans emerge from"
the underworld
"Symbolically, the whole of creation in Apache myth takes place in"
the womb of the earth
Why do bad things happen to good people?
theodicy question
A possible reason why Jain has never focused on preserving its history
time is cyclic
"Among nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes, memories are attached"
to places
The name Mohammed is from Arabic Hamada which means
to praise or glorify
The blood maiden becomes pregnant when she
touches the skull
"In Islam, the Sunnah is "
tradition or way of life of the prophet
This character is often an animal who has adventures & engages in mischief.
trickster
"Jains believe them to be humans, not demi-gods or avatars of the gods"
trithankaras
Many Native American religions recognize a third gender called
two-spirit
"When his grandfather died, Mohammed was given to his"
uncle
The Zoroastrian term for soul.
urvan
The catalyst for the hero's confrontation with his fate
usually is unaware of what he is doing
It became doctrin in Christianity that Mary even though she might have had other children
was forever a virgin
"In Navajo myth, monsters are the product of"
women masturbating with objects