Final Study Guide

Question 0

What is the catholic approach to religious pluralism

Answer 0

All religions are distinct, no one is greater than the other
Jesus is the only way to god directly

Question 1

What do Christians believe about god

Answer 1

There is one and one mediator between god and humankind

Question 2

7 dimensions of religion

Answer 2

Experiential, mythic doctrinal, ethical, ritual, social, material

Question 3

All religions begin with a

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Mystery

Question 4

Basic elements of a religious tradition

Answer 4

Doctrines, sacred stories, rituals

Question 5

Non theistic religion

Answer 5

Does not believe in a personal god, gods

Question 6

Primal religions tend to be the traditions of who

Answer 6

Tribal people and nonliterate people

Question 7

What do the aborigines believe about the spiritual essence of their ancestors

Answer 7

Remains in various symbols they left behind and it resides in each individual

Question 8

Monism

Answer 8

All reality is ultimately one

Question 9

Brahman

Answer 9

Eternal essence of reality

Question 10

What does Krishna compare reincarnation to

Answer 10

Getting undressed at night and putting on a different set of clothes in the morning

Question 11

Shiva

Answer 11

Hindu god known for destruction and worshipped by millions

Question 12

Avatars of Vishnu

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Krishna, Rama

Question 13

Sannyasin

Answer 13

Wandering ascetic, and 4th and highest state of life

Question 14

How many gods and goddesses to Hindus believe in

Answer 14

330 million

Question 15

Who was Buddha

Answer 15

A man

Question 16

What was Siddhartha Gautama born into

Answer 16

Luxury

Question 17

What did the ascetic of the four passing sighs pill Gautama with

Answer 17

Hope

Question 18

When did Gautama finally attain enlightenment

Answer 18

When he discovered the four noble truths

Question 19

Was Gautama the first Buddha

Answer 19

No

Question 20

What did Gautama discover when he looked deeply in himself

Answer 20

Change

Question 21

What does the noble eightfold path set forth

Answer 21

A life of ongoing moderation be practices

Question 22

The noble eightfold path

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Right views, right intentions, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right meditation

Question 23

Founder of Taoism and writer of the Tao teaching

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Lao tzu

Question 24

What is Tao

Answer 24

The ultimate source of the universe, the principle order of the universe, and the way of nature

Question 25

Life and death in Taoism

Answer 25

Two harmonies, parts of the same whole

Question 26

Synagogue

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A building of Jewish worship, learning, and festivities

Question 27

Moses

Answer 27

Received the law at mount Sinai and is the torahs author

Question 28

Neti neti

Answer 28

Not this not that

Question 29

The paschal mystery

Answer 29

Jesus life death and resurrection

Question 30

What does Islam believe in w gods

Answer 30

Monotheistic

Question 31

How many times a day are Muslims required to pray

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5

Question 32

What does fasting during Ramadan help Muslims do

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Focus attention on moral and religious concerns, gain insights in situations to less fortunate people,become more aware of their own mortality

Question 33

Who does the body belong to in Islam

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God

Question 34

Quran

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The primary sacred text for Muslims

Question 35

5 pillars of Islam

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Confession of faith, prayer, fasting, wealth sharing, pilgrimage

Question 36

Hajj

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Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Ka'ba

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Cubical structure in the courtyard of the great Mosque in Mecca

Question 38

Supreme virtue in Taoism

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Wu Wei, action less activity

Question 39

Umma

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Community of Muslims

Question 40

Nostra aetate

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Document written in Vatican 2 that opened the doors for Catholics to engage in conversation and discussion with our nonchristian brothers and sisters

Question 41

What do Jewish people believe about god

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He was directly involved in human history

Question 42

Yang

Answer 42

Masculine

Question 43

Most primal religions believe that the boundaries between the human and the supernatural are

Answer 43

Easily crossed over

Question 44

Buddhism holds that salvation must be won through

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Efforts of the human mind

Question 45

The middle way, Buddhism

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A basic Buddhist teaching that rejects both pleasures of sensual indulgence and self denial of asceticism, instead focusing on a practical approach to spiritual attainment

Question 46

Ching

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The power or virtue an individual acquires through living in harmony with Tao

Question 47

"Muslim"

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One who submits

Question 48

Who appeared to Muhammaed in a dream on the night of power and excellence

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The archangel Gabriel

Question 49

What do religions offer

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Responses to fundamental questions concerning human existence

Question 50

Is anyone who is spiritual also considered religious

Answer 50

No

Question 51

Is monotheism the belief that the divine reality exists in everything

Answer 51

No

Question 52

Pantheism

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The belief that god is in all

Question 53

Revelation is also known as

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The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings

Question 54

Are aborigines the native people of Africa

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No

Question 55

Trickster figure

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A sort of mischievous supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course of life

Question 56

Mahatma Gandhis religions

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Became a Muslim and a Christian but remained Hindu throughout his life

Question 57

How do Jewish people revere gods name

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They don't say it out of reverence

Question 58

How is the life of Gautama known

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Through legend more than verifiable fact

Question 59

What is one of the three jewels

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The Buddha

Question 60

What does Taoism emphasize

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The need to embrace the yin

Question 61

Can nirvana be understood

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Only when it is experienced

Question 62

What approach do Taoists believe a good leader takes

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A passive approach

Question 63

What is the worlds fastest growing and second largest religion

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Islam

Question 64

Who do Muslims trace their ancestry back to

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Abrahams son, Ishmael

Question 65

In Muslim tradition how many names are there for Allah

Answer 65

99

Question 66

Compassion

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A type of religious experience characterized by union w the divine through inward contemplation

Question 67

From a Taoist perceptive what is the west oriented

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Yang