MIDTERM: Spirituality & Religion

Question 1

Give three examples of prehistoric evidence for spirituality

Answer 1

1. fertility symbols
2. cave paintings
3. burial customs
   (rites of passage are NOT an example)

Question 2

The search for the Sacred is the definition used by Social Scientists to describe the term:

Answer 2

spirituality

Question 3

in the Compendium of Charaka, the Three Priorities for Life are:

Answer 3

life itself, the things needed to maintain life, a spiritual life that transcends the first two priorities

Question 4

the theorist that first proposed the dichotomy of the Sacred and the Profane was:

Answer 4

Emile Durkheim

Question 5

The proposed class definition of religion consists of which five components:

Answer 5

explanation of the self, the divine/ultimate, myth, ritual, ethics (all of the above)

Question 6

in relation to spirituality and religion, an entity can be:

Answer 6

spiritual but not religious; neither spiritual nor religious

Question 7

in reference to its purpose in religion, myth is defined as:

Answer 7

a narrative that explains the supramundane

Question 8

____ is an example of religious ritual

Answer 8

Protestant communion

Question 9

science is not a religion because

Answer 9

it is not faith based; it does not practice ritual

Question 10

Sir James Frazer explains in his work The Golden Bough that humans extend their mastery over the world through the successive means of:

Answer 10

magic –> religion –> science