Intro to relig ch 6

Arianna is a Christian whose church practices the seven sacraments and respects the authority of the pope. To which church does Arianna MOST likely belong?

Catholicism

Which branch of Christianity is particularly strong in Latin America?

Catholicism

Sarah is a college student who disagrees with both her atheist and her evangelical friends. She does not believe the Bible story that God created everything in six days. But she also does not believe that the universe could have come from nowhere. Sarah feels there must have been some sort of creator behind it. Which term best describes Sarah's viewpoint?

Deist

Which book of the Bible is distinctly significant for black liberation theology?

Exodus

The doctrine that Jesus is God in human form is known as

Incarnation

Which of the following books is a story of Jesus's life?

John

Which Christian saint is the MOST revered the world?

Mary

Alex belongs to one of the most persecuted religious groups in American history. His church was founded by someone who was "exceedingly distressed" by the array of competing denominations in America. Alex is MOST likely a(n)

Mormon

Which figure did the most to spread Christianity as an early missionary?

Paul

Janet believes she has been baptized with the Holy Spirit. At her church, people speak in tongues and practice healing the sick just as the apostles did in the Bible. Janet is MOST likely a

Pentecostal

Which type of Christianity can we expect to gain the most converts around the world over the next ten years?

Pentecostalism

Nathan is a Christian who loves attending Bible study at his church. His church has no fancy decorations or art and prides itself on not having rituals or traditions that are not based in the Bible. To which church does Nathan MOST likely belong?

Protestantism

Which branch of Christianity typically emphasizes faith over works and biblical authority over church tradition?

Protestantism

Michael is a Christian who does not believe Jesus was God. He also does not believe in original sin. To which denomination does Michael MOST likely belong?

Unitarianism

Which of the following statements is an example of orthodoxy?

a. "Christians must believe that Jesus was born of a Virgin."

Which statement best characterizes American Christian attitudes toward slavery prior to the Civil War?

a. American Christians were strongly divided on the question of slavery and many denominations split over this issue.

Which branch of Christianity honors a patriarch?

a. Eastern Orthodoxy

Which statement MOST accurately describes Latin American liberation theology?

a. Liberation theologians combine the teachings of Jesus with Karl Marx's ideas about society and social action.

How did the Protestant Reformation inadvertently set the stage for the secularization of the West?

a. by criticizing the idea of saints and other "intermediate beings" with a holy status between humans and God

Which movement can be regarded as the legacy of the First Great Awakening?

a. evangelicalism

Which movement would be MOST likely to claim that "religion and ethics are inseparable and ethical conduct is the supreme and sufficient religious act"?

a. the Social Gospel

Christianity believes that the death of Jesus made reconciliation with God possible. This doctrine is known as

atonement

Which figure is MOST responsible for Christian attitudes about the sinfulness of sexuality?

b. Augustine of Hippo

Samuel is a Christian whose beliefs include unconditional election and the idea that human beings exist in a condition of "total depravity." Samuel regards Catholic traditions as an abomination and spends a lot more time reading the Old Testament than the New Testament. To which denomination does Samuel MOST likely belong?

b. Puritanism

Which of the following events contributed MOST to the creation of the Anglican Church?

b. The pope refused to annul the king of England's marriage.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the traditional Christian understanding of the Trinity?

b. There are three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) in one Godhead.

Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes the ideas of John Calvin?

c. Calvin maximized the difference between God and humanity.

Which statement best characterizes the attitude of medieval Catholic officials toward mystics likes Theresa of Avila and Julian of Norwich?

c. Church authorities were initially wary that mystics might be mistaking their own ideas for encounters with God.

Which event MOST contributed to the formation of new Catholic religious orders such as the Jesuits?

c. Counter-Reformation

Which statement best describes the Eastern Orthodox understanding of original sin?

c. Original sin is an unnatural separation from God that can be overcome through mystical union with the divine.

Why is Americanism described as "the phantom heresy"?

c. Pope Leo XIII never actually named anyone as guilty of this heresy.

Which event is associated with the decline of Calvinist theology in America?

c. Second Great Awakening

Which of the following statements best characterizes the American "New Religious Right" that formed in the 1970s?

c. The New Religious Right played an important role in electing a series of Republican presidents.

Which medieval theologian claimed that there are five different ways to prove the existence of God using logic?

c. Thomas Aquinas

What is the MOST visited Christian pilgrimage site in the world?

c. the basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City

Which of the following statements about Christmas is MOST accurate?

d. Christmas is both a religious and secular holiday.

Which statement MOST accurately describes Emperor Constantine's contribution to Christianity?

d. Constantine was keen to impose order on the church by making different forms of Christianity to agree to a common creed.

At Anton's church there are no pews, and the congregation stands through the entire service. Anton loves singing the Divine Liturgy, the incense, and the beautiful icons on the walls. To which church does Anton MOST likely belong?

d. Eastern Orthodoxy

In what language was the New Testament originally written?

d. Greek

Which of the following statements about the Protestant Reformation is accurate?

d. The Reformation introduced a radical idea of "Christian liberty" by calling into question the hierarchy of clergy and lay Christians.

Which of the "five fundamentals" was at stake in the Scopes trial?

d. biblical infallibility

Which movement would be MOST likely to have a member refer to himself or herself as a "theologian"?

d. feminist theology

Which movement would be MOST likely to suggest that one should read the Bible metaphorically, using reason and experience to determine "the spirit" of the text?

d. liberal Protestantism

Compared to Judaism and Islam, Christianity practices

d. soft monotheism.

Will is a Christian college student. He is frustrated that his course on Christian history spends so much time discussing different doctrines, rituals, schisms, and theological debates. For Will, Christianity is really about having a personal relationship with Jesus. Instead of arguing about theology, Christians should be doing activism and missionary work. Which term best describes Will's viewpoint?

evangelical

Rachel is a Christian who is homeschooling her children. It is important to Rachel that her children understand that the Bible contains no errors and that stories about the creation of the world and the resurrection of Jesus really happened. She is concerned that public school science classes that teach the theory of evolution would undermine these ideas. Which term best describes Rachel's viewpoint?

fundamentalist

The word "Christ" is a Greek translation of the Hebrew word meaning

messiah

Which answer best describes the religious goal of Christianity?

salvation

One way of defining __________ is as a separation from God.

sin

In what century did the Protestant Reformation begin?

sixteenth