Question 1

Unquestioned belief in science is characteristic of the modern world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

A myth is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)   A false story.
B)   A symbolic story about the origins and destiny of humans and their world.
C)   A native story that is not true.
D)   A children's story that has a moral lesson. B

Question 3

Fundamentalists reject ideas derived from the sciences that would call the foundations of their religious _______ into question.

Accepted Answer

worldview

Question 4

It is possible for a person to practice more than one religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

This term refers to those who reject aspects of modernity and wish to return to the "purer" sociopolitical order

Accepted Answer

A)   Symbolist.
B)   Fundamentalist.
C)   Modernist.
D)   Via negativa.

Question 6

In the myths of nature, time is viewed as linear.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The final decades of the twentieth century brought a global religious resurgence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What the authors define as ultimate reality could include

Accepted Answer

A)   Personal god(s)  or impersonal world spirits.
B)   Sympathetic imagination.
C)   Myth.
D)   Ritual.

Question 9

Orthopraxy includes both morality and ritual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The authors characterize "postmodern" as the time

Accepted Answer

A)   Immediately after premodern time.
B)   When all areas of life became secularized.
C)   When separation of church and state first developed.
D)   When all religious and scientific knowledge is viewed as relative.

Question 11

Marx believed that a large class of urban workers would organize and eventually create a revolution, resulting in a new _______ society.

Accepted Answer

A)   Classical.
B)   Progressive.
C)   Patriarchal.
D)   Classless.

Question 12

Which of the following is not necessarily a component of religion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ritual.
B)   A god.
C)   Storying.
D)   Ethics.

Question 13

According to the authors, the great world religions emerged in which of the following centers of civilization in the ancient world?

Accepted Answer

A)   India.
B)   The Middle East.
C)   China.
D)   All of the above.

Question 14

From a postmodern perspective, all knowledge is _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of From a postmodern perspective, all knowledge is...

Question 15

Postmodernists may argue that not only religion but also _______ is an imaginative interpretation of the world rather than final truth about reality.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Postmodernists may argue that not only religion...

Question 16

In modern culture religion played the decisive role in explaining and ordering life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the postmodern world, science can be seen as an imaginative interpretation of the world based on faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A reliable exact count of the number of adherents to world religions is unavailable due to

Accepted Answer

A)   Lack of consistent survey criteria.
B)   A problematic assumption that a person can be listed under only one variable.
C)   Disagreements about what constitutes a branch of a world religion versus a "new religion."
D)   All of the above.

Question 19

The secular state was the expression of "modern" reality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

One of the newest disciplines in the modern university is the academic study of _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One of the newest disciplines in the...

Exam 1: Introduction: Understanding World Religions in Global Perspective

Unquestioned belief in science is characteristic of the modern world.

A myth is defined as

Fundamentalists reject ideas derived from the sciences that would call the foundations of their religious _______ into question.

It is possible for a person to practice more than one religion.

This term refers to those who reject aspects of modernity and wish to return to the "purer" sociopolitical order

In the myths of nature, time is viewed as linear.

The final decades of the twentieth century brought a global religious resurgence.

What the authors define as ultimate reality could include

Orthopraxy includes both morality and ritual.

The authors characterize "postmodern" as the time

Marx believed that a large class of urban workers would organize and eventually create a revolution, resulting in a new _______ society.

Which of the following is not necessarily a component of religion?

According to the authors, the great world religions emerged in which of the following centers of civilization in the ancient world?

From a postmodern perspective, all knowledge is _______.

Postmodernists may argue that not only religion but also _______ is an imaginative interpretation of the world rather than final truth about reality.

In modern culture religion played the decisive role in explaining and ordering life.

In the postmodern world, science can be seen as an imaginative interpretation of the world based on faith.

A reliable exact count of the number of adherents to world religions is unavailable due to

The secular state was the expression of "modern" reality.

One of the newest disciplines in the modern university is the academic study of _______.