Exam 1: The Beginning of Understanding

Sooner or later a religion has to change and adapt to the social reality around it.

Many religions express values in moral codes that prescribe proper behavior and proscribe violations of the code.

______ denotes something that is deemed nonreligious or secular.

To understand a religious tradition we need to see how it works among people.

Mounuji in Japan can be considered an example of the material dimension of the Shinto tradition.

William James argued that subjectivity had no bearing on religious experience.

The Hindu Trinity does not include which of these gods?

What does the following Key Term mean: -polytheism

Merlin Stone studies ancient religion and argued that societies were originally

Academic study of religions is evaluative as well as descriptive.

Who argued, "Religion arose from the early human's attempts to control nature through magic"?

Mircea Eliade argued that academics should study archetypal notions such as the _______ and ________ to understand religion.

Which of these is not one of the mystical states named by William James?

Why is it important that the academic discipline of religious studies is not an evaluation of religions? Bring theology and the philosophy of religion into your explanation.

Since all religions change over time, every religion has a history.

Comparison of religions

__________ is a manifestation of the sacred in a limited object or time.

How is academic study of religion differenrom theological studies or the "philosophy of religion"?

Defining religion is a straightforward task.

Discuss Mircea Eliade's perspective on the sacred and the profane in terms of what he called "religious man." Use examples from the textbook and from your own research.