Question 1

With what question does understanding your own personal preunderstanding of religion begin?

Accepted Answer

A) Can I be humble and provisional in my conclusions about religion? 
B) Can I study other religions without feeling threatened in my own? 
C) Can I encounter religious practices that seem unusual to me without getting too upset? 
D) Do I have an unprejudiced view of what religion in general is? 
A) Can I be humble and provisional in my conclusions about religion? 
B) Can I study other religions without feeling threatened in my own? 
C) Can I encounter religious practices that seem unusual to me without getting too upset? 
D) Do I have an unprejudiced view of what religion in general is? D

Question 2

What is Dean Hamer's controversial claim?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
Hamer claims that religion is an evolutionary adaptation tied to one specific gene on the human genome.

Question 3

What is the difference between atheists and agnostics?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
Atheists hold that there is no God, but agnostics "do not know" if a God or gods exist.

Question 4

People who make sharp public attacks on religion are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) New Agnosticists 
B) New Atheists 
C) New Monotheists 
D) New Multitheists 
A) New Agnosticists 
B) New Atheists 
C) New Monotheists 
D) New Multitheists

Question 5

What religion arose in the nineteenth century from Shi'a Islam and sees itself as the successor of Islam?

Accepted Answer

A) Daoism 
B) Scientology 
C) Baha'i 
D) Falun Gong 
A) Daoism 
B) Scientology 
C) Baha'i 
D) Falun Gong

Question 6

Is Western Christianity responsible for the modern environmental crisis?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary.
Student answers will

Question 7

What term describes the idea that one cannot be sure if God or gods exist?

Accepted Answer

A) agnosticism 
B) atheism 
C) absolutism 
D) multitheism 
A) agnosticism 
B) atheism 
C) absolutism 
D) multitheism

Question 8

What was the name of the movement for women's equality, which came to full bloom in the United States in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) The Women's Suffrage movement 
B) The New Thought movement 
C) Spirituality 
D) Feminism 
A) The Women's Suffrage movement 
B) The New Thought movement 
C) Spirituality 
D) Feminism

Question 9

Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist of religion, theorized that secularism would eventually fade away in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Religiously motivated violence includes:

Accepted Answer

A) only those events in which a follower of a religion is the perpetrator of a violent attack. 
B) events in which a follower of a religion is the recipient of violent behavior. 
C) events in which people reject religion totally. 
D) only those events in which people choose one religion over another. 
A) only those events in which a follower of a religion is the perpetrator of a violent attack. 
B) events in which a follower of a religion is the recipient of violent behavior. 
C) events in which people reject religion totally. 
D) only those events in which people choose one religion over another.

Question 11

Some Islamic nations follow the religion-based law called Shari'a.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Identify a true statement about religious violence.

Accepted Answer

A) Religious violence often tends to place differing emphases on the symbolic aspects of violence. 
B) Religious violence committed by groups must be analyzed in isolation without any cultural context. 
C) Religiously motivated violence includes only those events in which a follower of a religion is the perpetrator. 
D) Religious violence is a relatively new phenomenon. 
A) Religious violence often tends to place differing emphases on the symbolic aspects of violence. 
B) Religious violence committed by groups must be analyzed in isolation without any cultural context. 
C) Religiously motivated violence includes only those events in which a follower of a religion is the perpetrator. 
D) Religious violence is a relatively new phenomenon.

Question 13

According to Seyyed Nasr, the environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of:

Accepted Answer

A) myths. 
B) values. 
C) rituals. 
D) opinions. 
A) myths. 
B) values. 
C) rituals. 
D) opinions.

Question 14

Why does the emotional dimension of religion loom large in the Western world today?

Accepted Answer

A) It has been studied less than the other dimensions. 
B) Religion is for many Western people the most important thing about religion. 
C) Emotion goes deeper into individual human life than the other dimensions of religion. 
D) Emotion is easier to understand for most people than the other dimensions of religion. 
A) It has been studied less than the other dimensions. 
B) Religion is for many Western people the most important thing about religion. 
C) Emotion goes deeper into individual human life than the other dimensions of religion. 
D) Emotion is easier to understand for most people than the other dimensions of religion.

Question 15

The number of people in North America who formally adhere to no religion at all is holding steady.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

How many North Americans regularly participate in religious practices?

Accepted Answer

A) about one quarter 
B) about one third 
C) about one half 
D) about two thirds 
A) about one quarter 
B) about one third 
C) about one half 
D) about two thirds

Question 17

The study of theology is a Christian endeavor, and is not found in other religions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

All religions view the world as significant and would view the loss of a viable home for humanity as a tragedy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is a dimension of religion?

Accepted Answer

A) the aesthetic dimension 
B) the analytic dimension 
C) the doctrinal dimension 
D) the scientology dimension 
A) the aesthetic dimension 
B) the analytic dimension 
C) the doctrinal dimension 
D) the scientology dimension

Question 20

Which of the following is a reason why some scholars of religion doubt that "private religion" is really religion at all?

Accepted Answer

A) It is so personal that scholars can't know about it accurately. 
B) It is not oriented to a community's religious practice. 
C) It is based primarily on feeling, not teachings. 
D) It is not based on ideas of the sacred. 
A) It is so personal that scholars can't know about it accurately. 
B) It is not oriented to a community's religious practice. 
C) It is based primarily on feeling, not teachings. 
D) It is not based on ideas of the sacred.

With what question does understanding your own personal preunderstanding of religion begin?

What is Dean Hamer's controversial claim?

What is the difference between atheists and agnostics?

People who make sharp public attacks on religion are referred to as:

What religion arose in the nineteenth century from Shi'a Islam and sees itself as the successor of Islam?

Is Western Christianity responsible for the modern environmental crisis?

What term describes the idea that one cannot be sure if God or gods exist?

What was the name of the movement for women's equality, which came to full bloom in the United States in the 1970s?

Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist of religion, theorized that secularism would eventually fade away in Europe.

Religiously motivated violence includes:

Some Islamic nations follow the religion-based law called Shari'a.

Identify a true statement about religious violence.

According to Seyyed Nasr, the environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of:

Why does the emotional dimension of religion loom large in the Western world today?

The number of people in North America who formally adhere to no religion at all is holding steady.

How many North Americans regularly participate in religious practices?

The study of theology is a Christian endeavor, and is not found in other religions.

All religions view the world as significant and would view the loss of a viable home for humanity as a tragedy.

Which of the following is a dimension of religion?

Which of the following is a reason why some scholars of religion doubt that "private religion" is really religion at all?

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Exam 1: Beginning Your Study of World Religions

With what question does understanding your own personal preunderstanding of religion begin?

What is Dean Hamer's controversial claim?

What is the difference between atheists and agnostics?

People who make sharp public attacks on religion are referred to as:

What religion arose in the nineteenth century from Shi'a Islam and sees itself as the successor of Islam?

Is Western Christianity responsible for the modern environmental crisis?

What term describes the idea that one cannot be sure if God or gods exist?

What was the name of the movement for women's equality, which came to full bloom in the United States in the 1970s?

Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist of religion, theorized that secularism would eventually fade away in Europe.

Religiously motivated violence includes:

Some Islamic nations follow the religion-based law called Shari'a.

Identify a true statement about religious violence.

According to Seyyed Nasr, the environmental crisis is fundamentally a crisis of:

Why does the emotional dimension of religion loom large in the Western world today?

The number of people in North America who formally adhere to no religion at all is holding steady.

How many North Americans regularly participate in religious practices?

The study of theology is a Christian endeavor, and is not found in other religions.

All religions view the world as significant and would view the loss of a viable home for humanity as a tragedy.

Which of the following is a dimension of religion?

Which of the following is a reason why some scholars of religion doubt that "private religion" is really religion at all?

Encountering Indigenous Religions: Ways to Tribal Life

Encountering Hinduism: Many Paths to Liberation

Encountering Jainism: The Austere Way to Liberation

Encountering Buddhism: The Middle Path to Liberation

Encountering Sikhism: The Way of Gods Name

Encountering Daoism and Confucianism: Two Views of the Eternal Way

Encountering Shinto: the Way of the Kami

Encountering Zoroastrianism: The Way of the One Wise Lord

Encountering Judaism: The Way of Gods People

Encountering Christianity: The Way of Jesus Christ

Encountering Islam: The Straight Path of the One God

Encountering New Religious Movements: Modern Ways to Alternative Meanings

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