Deck 2: You Believe What

Question 1

For Jews,what one believes about God,the Torah,etc.,is more important than what one does in terms of ritual practice.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

While all fundamentalists can be categorized as Evangelicals,not all Evangelicals can be categorized as fundamentalists.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following is not among the core beliefs shared by most Christians,regardless of their denomination?

A)a belief in Jesus as the Son of God
B)the Bible is the word of God
C)every group that identifies itself as Christian is one
D)after death,everyone must account for their actions in life

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Faith healing,speaking in tongues,and prophecy are most likely to be religious practices found among

A)fundamentalist Christians.
B)Roman Catholics.
C)Mainline Protestants.
D)Black Protestants.
E)Pentecostal Christians.

Question 5

Which of the following denominations did not break away from the Roman Catholic Church?

A)the Greek Orthodox Church
B)the Old Catholic Church
C)the Liberal Catholic Church
D)the American Catholic Church

Question 6

For Buddhists,Buddha is worshipped as God.

Question 7

Which of the following is considered an Evangelical denomination?

A)Vineyard Churches International
B)American Baptists
C)Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
D)The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Question 8

Roman Catholic rituals or sacraments include(s):

A)confirmation
B)baptism
C)holy orders
D)reconciliation
E)all of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is not true of Buddhism?

A)Buddhism varies in its beliefs and rituals based on the country and culture it settled in.
B)Buddhists and Hindus share the belief in karma.
C)Buddhists never worship a god or gods.
D)Buddhism has an elite form that usually only monks practice and a popular form that anyone can practice.

Question 10

Just over half of the world's population belongs to only two religions,Islam and Christianity.

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of the five ritual pillars of Islam?

A)stating that Allah is God and Mohammed is His prophet
B)fasting during Ramadan
C)praying five times a day
D)reading the Qu'ran daily

Question 12

In the United States today,Christianity includes approximately ___________ different denominations.

A)2
B)4
C)200
D)over 30,000

Question 13

Buddhist beliefs and practices are defined by

A)meditation.
B)the four Noble Truths.
C)the Eightfold Path.
D)both B and C
E)all of the above

Question 14

The principle religious issue that divides Sunni Muslims from Shi'a Muslims is

A)which group's founder was to be Mohammed's successor.
B)how many times one should make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
C)dancing as a means to experience Allah's presence.
D)whether women should wear total body coverings or only head scarves.

Question 15

________________ is the group of Muslims that was founded in the United States by African Americans in the early 20th century.

A)Black Muslims
B)Sufi Muslims
C)The Nation of Islam
D)none of the above

Question 16

Mainline Protestants represent a distinct subset of Protestant Christians because

A)their beliefs are very different from other types of Protestants.
B)they believe themselves to be the only "true" Christians.
C)they don't recognize the Bible as the word of God.
D)they share a moderate to liberal stance on social issues.
E)All of the above are true of Mainline Protestants.

Question 17

________ is the Hindu belief that each person has a duty to live morally,although doing so may look different for each person depending on their caste.

A)Karma
B)Moksha
C)Dharma
D)Samsara

Question 18

Despite outsiders' impressions that Hindus worship many gods and goddesses,Hindus themselves believe that each of these gods and goddesses are only aspects of one God.

Question 19

Despite the diverse numbers and types of Black Protestant denominations,Black Protestants tend to be more alike in their social and religious attitudes than are white Protestants.

Question 20

Which of the following religions is the largest of the world's religions?

A)Islam
B)Christianity
C)Hinduism
D)Judaism

Question 21

_____________ Judaism encourages its members to follow the teachings of the Torah and Talmud but allows for reinterpretation of these traditions in light of contemporary experience.

A)Orthodox
B)Reform
C)Conservative
D)Reconstructionist

Question 22

Which of the following is true about religious rituals?

A)Religious rituals relate individuals and groups to the Sacred.
B)Religious rituals are defined as such by the mean people attach to their actions.
C)Religious rituals unify the groups that perform them.
D)Religious rituals can be formal and informal.
E)all of the above

Question 23

Disputes over the forms and content of religious rituals and the structure of services is called

A)religious conflict.
B)culture wars.
C)worship wars.
D)Sheilaism.

Question 24

When an individual does not belong to any single religion or hold to specific sets of religious beliefs and practices but instead picks and chooses those which make sense to him or her,they are engaging in what Robert Bellah and his colleagues termed

A)religious innovation.
B)Sheilaism.
C)convenience religion.
D)religious adaptation.