Religion 1 and Religion 2 Flashcards
There is a wide diversity of beliefs. This makes religion…
Hard to define.
Religion is approximately equal to ___.
Metaphysics.
Roughly __% of Canadians and Americans are teleologists.
95.
Roughly __% of Canadians and Americans are anti-evolutionists.
50.
“The intention is to ___, rather than to pass judgement, on the phenomena of religion.” -Ninian Smart
Describe.
Who is known as “The Dean” of the modern study of religion?
Ninian Smart.
What is the phenomenological method?
To describe rather than to pass judgement.
Who said that “Evolution is the creation-myth of our age?”
Mary Midgley.
“Evolution is the ___ ___ of our age.” -Mary Midgley
Creation-myth.
What is the professional meaning of myth?
Not that it is a false story, but that it shapes our views of what we ultimately are.
“We as religious people asking spiritual questions have tied to see ___ our senses.” -Ninian Smart
Beyond.
Who said that dysteleological people are also religious?
Ninian Smart.
What are the six dimensions in Smart’s “Six Dimensional Organism?”
- Ritual.
- Mythological.
- Doctrinal.
- Ethical.
- Social.
- Experiential.
Who said that “Religion is the opium of the people?”
Karl Marx. It isn’t William Tremmel, so if you guessed that, you’re wrong.
What did William Tremmel come up with?
Religion is a Crutch or Drug theory.
Who would most likely agree with the statement “religion prepares us for psychological pain?”
William Tremmel.
What is Terror Management Theory?
We are painfully aware of our own mortality, and we manage this painful awareness through our worldview and our practice of it.
“The traditional conception of philosophy, which was dominant throughout history of Western thought was that philosophy can investigate the content of our beliefs, including the ___ ___ ___ of theological beliefs.” -Peterson et al
Truth or falsity.
Who are the “philosophers of religion?”
Peterson et al. Philosophers is plural, that should be a dead giveaway that it’s not Clouser.
According to Peterson et al, what are the 5 features of religion? Identify the most important one.
- Beliefs.
- Actions.
- Emotions.
- Personal & corporate.
- Ultimate reality (most important).
“Logic requires that religious trust can be either well placed or misplaced as can nonreligious trust, since beliefs about the divine are— as all other beliefs— either ___ ___ ___ but not both at once. It follows, therefore, that when two beliefs disagree about what is divine, one or both of them must be (at least partly) false.” -Clouser.
True or false.
Under ___’s definition of religion, some beliefs can be wrong.
Clouser.
What are Clouser’s 2 types of trust?
- Religious.
2. Non-religious.
What are Clouser’s 2 types of trust that can be misplaced?
- Blind faith.
2. Blind unbelief.
“A religious belief is any belief in something or other as divine. ‘Divine’ means having the status of not depending on anything else…All [religions] believe that the divine is whatever is ‘___ ___.’” -Clouser.
Just there.
What are core beliefs and secondary beliefs, according to Clouser?
Core beliefs are statements about the Divine, while secondary beliefs are about how to be in a proper relationship with the Divine.
