Exam 11: Science, Religion, and Knowing

In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional an Arkansas law that prohibited the teaching of evolution, saying in Epperson v. Arkansas that the state could not allow teaching to be "tailored to the principles or prohibitions of any religious sect." This decision invalidated any state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution, such as the law at the center of

Which sacred texts do believers say recorded the words and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama?

All of the following are rituals EXCEPT

Pope Francis is Argentinian. This makes him the first leader of the Catholic Church who is not European since

In 1968, physicist Anthony Hewish won the Nobel Prize, but the work he was credited for was performed by

Today, the majority of the world's Christians live in places

According to research on religious violence, fundamentalists from what kind of nation are most likely to engage in violence to dramatize their cause, announce their presence, or strike at the symbols of the societies they are trying to dominate?

Which world event led to the first international trial for crimes against humanity?

Which religion's sacred objects include the mosque and the crescent and star?

A cosmology is

Which of the following is a source of religious authority and teaching for Christians?

If you are trying to gain insight into why you believe what you believe, you are studying your own

Most nations of the world

Which religious text is seen by believers as a record of the life of Jesus?

Of the approximately 9 million people killed in the Holocaust, how many were Jewish?

What world event helped Christianity spread rapidly after a few centuries of being a minor and persecuted religion?

During the Holocaust, Nazis required Jewish people to identify themselves by wearing a particular religious symbol on their clothing and marking their passports this way. What symbol was it?

Which of the following answers includes all (and only) the religions that teach reincarnation as a tenet of the faith?

Which religion's sacred objects include the Star of David and the tallit?

Which of the following is not a major branch of Hinduism?