Deck 4: Perspectives on Death and Life After Death

Question 1

Which of the following is false ?

A)According to Berger, death is the marginal situation par excellence .
B)According to Berger, death inherently threatens the basic assumption of order on which society rests.
C)Death is inherently fearful-all people fear death by nature.
D)Death meaning is not created by humans.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Vernon pointed out that individuals whose interpretations are primarily temporal share which of the following belief?

A)They tend to accept a belief in the afterlife
B)They focus on their own needs
C)They tend to be future oriented for themselves
D)They tend to believe that death is the end of the individual

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which is not part of Durkheim's four essential ingredients of religion?

A)Religious beliefs
B)Religious consequences
C)Religious rituals
D)A religious community

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What culture believes the dead remain a vital part of their lives?

A)Hopi Indians
B)Igbo in Nigeria
C)Japanese
D)The Abkhazians on the coast of the Black Sea

Question 5

Which refers to the unequal distribution of wealth, power, prestige, and other things that make for a satisfying life?

A)Uncertainty
B)Alienation
C)Powerlessness
D)Scarcity

Question 6

Which refers to the belief that self-meanings can continue after the person has died?

A)Temporal meanings
B)Symbolic immortality
C)Reincarnation
D)Religion

Question 7

Which of the following is not part of the Buddhist "trinity?"

A)Buddha
B)Karma
C)Darma
D)Sangha

Question 8

Which of the following is true ?

A)Christians do not believe in a physical resurrection of the body.
B)The Christian approach to death emphasizes both the experience of true human loss and victory over death.
C)Christian tradition forbids cremation as a legitimate method of body disposition.
D)Christian tradition discourages the practice of embalming.

Question 9

In which of these religious traditions is death viewed as the entrance to eternal life and therefore is preferable to physical life?

A)Jewish
B)Islamic
C)Hindu
D)Christianity

Question 10

An existentialist perspective on death

A)recognizes a dead person's accession to heaven.
B)suggests a person is near death but survives the experience.
C)is that one creates meaning for one's own life and death.
D)uses religion to provide solace.

Question 11

Which of the following is true ?

A)Karma includes the religious duties, requirements, and prescriptions for Hindus.
B)Hindus believe in the immortality of the soul and hope for an afterlife.
C)Hindu funerals are expected to be modest and therefore the cost to families is relatively inexpensive.
D)The goal for the Hindu is not to experience life after death.

Question 12

Hindus use the term ____________ to refer to the balance of good and bad deeds performed in previous existences.

A)dharma
B)karma
C)moksha
D)samsara

Question 13

An essential ingredient of religion is

A)belief in reincarnation.
B)no supernatural being that is the object of worship.
C)a system of beliefs.
D)finding enlightenment.

Question 14

Which does not pertain to symbolic immortality?

A)Carrying on the family name
B)Having accomplishments remembered by others
C)Donating body organs
D)Being remembered by others.

Question 15

Which best helps individuals remain reality-oriented when the order of everyday life is challenged?

A)Doctor
B)Religious meanings
C)Significant others
D)Preoccupation with work

Question 16

According to a Gallup Poll, which of the following is not true?

A)Twenty-two percent of Americans have no religious preference.
B)Eighty-two percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians.
C)Twenty-three percent of Americans identify themselves as Roman Catholics.
D)Two percent of Americans identify themselves as Mormon.

Question 17

In what culture are ghost responsible for sickness and death?

A)Navajo
B)Japanese
C)Hindus
D)Hopi Indians

Question 18

What group believes that death is important for joining their ancestors?

A)Navajo
B)Igbo in Nigeria
C)Hindus
D)Ulithi of Micronesia

Question 19

Temporal interpretations of death tend to emphasize

A)empirical and natural.
B)a substantive perspective.
C)creative efforts.
D)a functional perspective.

Question 20

Which is not one of Thomas O'Dea's fundamental characteristics of human existence?

A)Uncertainty
B)Alienation
C)Powerlessness
D)Scarcity

Question 21

How can organ donations provide symbolic immortality for donors and their loved ones?

Question 22

In what ways are religious people interested in and concerned with symbolic immortality? How do people attempt to create symbolic immortality for themselves?

Question 23

According to Moody reports of near-death experience, an experience reported by those who are near death includes which of these?

A)Going down a slide to your favorite theme park
B)Meeting your favorite actor
C)Floating above one's body
D)Believing one is God

Question 24

According to the International Association for Near-Death Experiences, how many near-death experiences occur every day?

A)Less than 100
B)Between 100 - 500
C)Between 500 - 1000
D)More than 1000

Question 25

What would happen if a nuclear holocaust were to occur, and there were no survivors?

Question 26

What are some similarities of death cross-culturally?

Question 27

Raymond Moody wrote a book in the 1970s called

A)Life after Life
B)Heaven Is for Rea
C)To Heaven and Back
D)Proof of Heaven

Question 28

Do accounts of near‑death experiences provide empirical evidence for afterlife beliefs? Why or why not?

Question 29

Symbolic immortality

A)is of lesser importance than physical immortality in the value hierarchy of most individuals.
B)can be provided by the living for anyone they choose.
C)is a concern of both man and lower animals.
D)creates meaning for their pets' death.

Question 30

What are the similarities and differences in Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist beliefs about death?

Question 31

How can symbolic immortality and temporal interpretations of death provide a source of anxiety reduction for those who face death?

Question 32

How does religion function to provide a restoration of the order challenged by the event of death?

Question 33

Cant and colleagues report _________ outcomes after a near-death experience.

A)positive psychological
B)negative psychological
C)both positive and negative psychological
D)positive health

Question 34

Why did Berger mean when he said that death inherently threatens the basic assumption of order in which society rests?

Question 35

What is the meaning of the near-death or "life-after-life" experience for understanding what may come after life for both religious and nonreligious people?