UF REL2300 World Religions Midterm Review

Questions about meaning, truth, and how to live our lives are studied in departments of

Theology

Vajrayana Buddhism is dominant in which country?

Tibet

Why must the South African Pondos, who are preparing to become sacred healers, cover their bodies in a white color if they go into town?

To indicate that they are in the midst of a journey between the realms of the living and the ancestors.

According to Dr. Wright's video, Shamans are considered caretakers of the seasons related to sacred ecology

True

According to the film Opening Dao, if society is failing to follow the natural order then our education is interfering with people following the natural order

True

Australian Aborigines generally do not recognize a single divine authority

True

During the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) folk, Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian temples and shrines were attacked and sometimes destroyed

True

In the West, secularism and pluralism often go hand in hand

True

In the late 20th and 21st century, social welfare became a concern form many Japanese religious traditions.

True

Indigenous Religions continue to exist today

True

Religion in Japan is both personal and pluralistic

True

The Five Classics have informed the ideology of government policy, served as blueprints for good conduct in familial relationships, and as guides for individual moral and spiritual transformation for thousands of years.

True

The Jains have classified all living things based on the number of senses they possess. i.e. plants have one sense, that of touch, while mammals have fives senses. This means if you must eat, than you should only eat one sensed beings.

True

The academic study of religion is at its core an anthropological exercise

True

The eight principles that make up the Eightfold Path are not sequential: they must work together.

True

Theology and Religious Studies ask different questions.

True

True or False: "Hindu" comes from Sindhu, the old name for River Indus.

True

True or False: The Vedas are an example of shruti text.

True

True or False: The caste system is such a strong social force in India that even non-Hindu communities such as Jainas, Sikhs, and Christians adopted it and still tend to marry within the same caste.

True

True or False: The performing arts provide an alternative avenue to salvation.

True

Within a century of the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the entire Arawak island population had been depleted.

True

Which of the following is NOT a Mahayana school?

Vajrayana

Which of the following is NOT one of the four principle castes that make up Hindu society?

Women

In the US are adult Sikhs legally allowed to carry the kirpan (miniature sword)?

Yes, if it is not concealed

The Five Classics originated in which Chinese dynasty?

Zhou

Which of the following are well known Indigenous writers?

Maria Campbell Pauline Johnson Jack Davis Keri Hulme

What is the academic study of religion NOT concerned with?

Normative Judgments

The Upanishads refer to the

Philosophy of the Vedas

The three jewels of Jainism are:

Right faith, right knowledge, right conduct

Which of the following is NOT a translation of the term "dharma:"

Righteousness ?

Traditional Rinzai Zen involves the following practices

Samu Koan study Zazen

The birth name of the Buddha of the current age is

Siddhartha Gautama

One of the main characters of the Ramayana, many Hindus see which of the following goddesses as the ideal wife:

Sita

Theravada Buddhism translates to:

The Way of the Elders

Samsara refers to

The cycle of life, death, and rebirth

According to our textbook, even with the relative wealth of the lay community Jainism remains a shramana tradition because

Their ultimate goal is to escape embodied existence and their practices are renunciatory

Buddhism entered Japan in which century?

6th CE

How many times does the bride and bridegroom walk around the fire during the Hindu wedding ceremony?

7

In the Americas, by 1600, more than ___ percent of the original Indigenous population had been wiped out due to European presence.

90

Zoroastrianism can be described as

A monotheistic religion with dualistic undertones originating in Persia

Karma comes to mean:

Actions and the results of your actions

The Mandate of Heaven -

All of the above

How does scholar J.Z. Smith refer to religion?

An inextricably human phenomenon

Which of the following is NOT considered to be smrti texts:

Ancient stories?

Which of the following films focus primarily on Indigenous religions?

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner ?

Mabel McKay was a traditional Pomo healer known for her:

Basket Weaving

The word ____ translates to 'way of the warrior' and is an ethical code that combined a Confucian-style emphasis on loyalty with the discipline of Zen

Bushido

Which country outlawed the Indigenous practice of potlatch?

Canada

Religiosity in Japan is syncretic and usually expressed in ________ and ______ circumstances.

Conditional, Situational

Shiva takes the form of Nataraja or the King of

Dance

Bhakti is usually defined as

Devotion

Sikh is a Punjabi word meaning

Disciple

What is a sutra?

Discourse or sermon

Ganesh is

Elephant headed deity who removes all obstacles from one's path

What are the five fundamental relationships according to Confucianism?

Emperor and minister, father and son, elder and younger brother, husband and wife, friend and friend

According to tradition Mahavira is the first of the 24 great ascetic-prophets (tirthankaras)

False

After the tsunami, many Japanese turned to Buddhism for answers as to why the disaster occurred.

False

Jains believe if an animal is already dead then it is ok to eat it

False

Only upper caste male Sikhs may eat the langar (meal) served at the temple

False

Rinzai Zen Buddhism sees salvation as a quickly achieved result of meditation

False

Self cultivation had no place in Chinese ideas of effective governance

False

Singing is prohibited during Sikh worship

False

The Four Sights include a sick man, a suffering old man, a dead man, and a newborn.

False

The kami have no connection to the Japanese land

False

The major festivals in China through out the year celebrate only one religious perspective

False

True or False: Durga is the patron goddess of music and many performing arts.

False

True or False: Hinduism is life negating.

False

True or False: Liberation is attained when one realizes that one's atman is distinct from Brahman.

False

True or False: The term "Hinduism" was always used to the describe the religious practices of Indians.

False

What are the five forces in yin yang theory?

Fire, water, earth, metal, wood

Buddhism became linked to the tsunami because Buddhism is associated with _____ in Japan.

Funerals

What tactic did Lin Zexu use to try to end the opium trade?

He wrote to Queen Victoria framing his argument in moral terms

Which is the most accurate translation of duhkha?

Imperfection

Who is the primary audience for theological work?

Insiders to the faith community

What religions are considered Missionary Religions?

Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism

Which of the following is NOT a branch of Buddhism?

Jainism

Which of these are one of the five Ks of the Sikh Khalsa?

Kachh- shorts

The Bhagavad Gita is centered on a discussion about justice and duty which takes place between Arjuna and which of the following gods

Krishna

Theravada Buddhism is also known as

Mahayana

Which of the following statements is true about Manicheans and Zoroastrians belief about the struggle between good and evil?

Manicheans believe the spirit is good and material existence is evil