Exam 1: The Beginning of Understanding

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William James believed that religion was a human construction.

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According to Sigmund Freud, ________ is an illusion.

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James George Frazer postulated that religion arose from the early humans' attempts to control nature through magic.

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The ritual dimension of a religious tradition includes patterns of behavior that may not strictly counts as rituals.

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Explain the significance of William James's four mystical states.

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What does the following Key Term mean: -profane

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The ethical dimension of religion is concerned with how every religious movement is embodied in a group of people, and this is very often rather formally organized.

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All religions emphasize relationships with deities, ethical systems, institutional structures, and the interior life of individuals, scriptures, faith, or beliefs.

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Who argued that religion is the mind's way of dealing with the feelings of fear and helplessness thairst arise in childhood and continue throughout adult life?

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The academic discipline of religious studies looks at a religion from an outsider's perspective.

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Which of these religious traditions teaches the supreme importance of harmony in the family, community, and state?

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What does the following Key Term mean: -socialism

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Compare how William James and Sigmund Freud engage with psychological aspects of religions.

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The material dimension includes which one of these?

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Which of these academics argued that subjective feelings are the "deeper source of religion"?

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All religions emphasize relationships with deities, ethical systems, institutional structures, and the interior life of individuals, scriptures, faith, or beliefs.

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Which of these scholars advocated that religion should be examined by how it handles certain archetypal notions such as the profane and sacred?

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When comparing religious traditions it is important to look at even superficial similarities.

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Academic study of religion seeks the truth of each religion's doctrinal dimension.

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What country has one of the highest degrees of religiosity according to the Gallup poll "Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nation," at 99 percent?

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