Exam 1: The Beginning of Understanding
Exam 1: The Beginning of Understanding85 Questions
Exam 2: Indigenous Religions: North America and Africa81 Questions
Exam 3: Hinduism112 Questions
Exam 4: Jainism49 Questions
Exam 5: Buddhism108 Questions
Exam 6: Sikhism59 Questions
Exam 7: Confucianism54 Questions
Exam 8: Daoism47 Questions
Exam 9: Shinto47 Questions
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Exam 11: Judaism107 Questions
Exam 12: Christianity102 Questions
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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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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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Compare how William James and Sigmund Freud engage with psychological aspects of religions.
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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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