Question 1

The concept of "Atman is Brahman" is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian idea about salvation. 
B)  Buddhist idea about how the soul enters Nirvana. 
C)  Islamic idea of heaven. 
D)  Hindu idea that connect the Self to Ultimate Being. 
A)  Christian idea about salvation. 
B)  Buddhist idea about how the soul enters Nirvana. 
C)  Islamic idea of heaven. 
D)  Hindu idea that connect the Self to Ultimate Being.

Question 2

The story of Job is a Hindu parable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Hearing our own thoughts is already the beginning of a discussion of the nature of the self.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The notion of an individual, eternal soul that retains its own identity after death is an idea of self found mostly in

Accepted Answer

A)  Christianity and Islam. 
B)  Buddhism and Hinduism. 
C)  Native religions and Shinto. 
D)  popular science and psychology. 
A)  Christianity and Islam. 
B)  Buddhism and Hinduism. 
C)  Native religions and Shinto. 
D)  popular science and psychology.

Question 5

The Judaic and Christian myth of the Fall is a religious effort to explain how

Accepted Answer

A)  the ideal creation of God became corrupted with sin and suffering. 
B)  karma affects our future lives, so that even "good" people sometimes suffer unjustly. 
C)  corrupt leaders and a corrupt society lead to the corruption of our essentially good human nature. 
D)  the earliest religious cultures understood gravity. 
A)  the ideal creation of God became corrupted with sin and suffering. 
B)  karma affects our future lives, so that even "good" people sometimes suffer unjustly. 
C)  corrupt leaders and a corrupt society lead to the corruption of our essentially good human nature. 
D)  the earliest religious cultures understood gravity.

Question 6

Confucians believe that humans are good by nature, even though corruptible by bad society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Trickster

Accepted Answer

A)  A character in many myths of Native religion who is unconsciously responsible for problems in the world. 
B)  An effort to explain a particular evil and how it's compatible with divine goodness. 
C)  Hindu idea of a deeper Self, impersonal and without individuality, in contrast to ego self. 
D)  Judaic idea that humans have spirits, minds that are like God's own qualities. 
E)  Judaic myth that seeks to explain why human life is no longer as perfect as God created it.
F) The way we experience ourselves in our unique individuality; the "I that I think I am." 
A)  A character in many myths of Native religion who is unconsciously responsible for problems in the world. 
B)  An effort to explain a particular evil and how it's compatible with divine goodness. 
C)  Hindu idea of a deeper Self, impersonal and without individuality, in contrast to ego self. 
D)  Judaic idea that humans have spirits, minds that are like God's own qualities. 
E)  Judaic myth that seeks to explain why human life is no longer as perfect as God created it.
F) The way we experience ourselves in our unique individuality; the "I that I think I am."

The concept of "Atman is Brahman" is a(n)

The story of Job is a Hindu parable.

Hearing our own thoughts is already the beginning of a discussion of the nature of the self.

The notion of an individual, eternal soul that retains its own identity after death is an idea of self found mostly in

The Judaic and Christian myth of the Fall is a religious effort to explain how

Confucians believe that humans are good by nature, even though corruptible by bad society.

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Trickster

Defining Religion

Concepts of Ultimate Being

Founders and Manifestations

Scripture As Source and Authority

The Languages of Religion

Ritual

Moral Action

Social Order and Government and the Epilogue

Religious Experience

Religion and Art

Beatitude, or Salvation Reconsidered, the Epilogue

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Exam 6: Miscellaneous Doctrines: the Truth of Self, Suffering and Salvation and Epilogue

The concept of "Atman is Brahman" is a(n)

The story of Job is a Hindu parable.

Hearing our own thoughts is already the beginning of a discussion of the nature of the self.

The notion of an individual, eternal soul that retains its own identity after death is an idea of self found mostly in

The Judaic and Christian myth of the Fall is a religious effort to explain how

Confucians believe that humans are good by nature, even though corruptible by bad society.

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Trickster

Defining Religion

Concepts of Ultimate Being

Founders and Manifestations

Scripture As Source and Authority

The Languages of Religion

Ritual

Moral Action

Social Order and Government and the Epilogue

Religious Experience

Religion and Art

Beatitude, or Salvation Reconsidered, the Epilogue

Filters