Religious Impulse - Chapter 1

Question 1

Define atheist

Answer 1

A person who believes no god exists

Question 2

Define pagan

Answer 2

Historically a term used by Christians to describe non-Christians

Question 3

Define spiritual

Answer 3

Concerned with sacred or religious things and related to the human spirit or soul

Question 4

Define religious pluralism

Answer 4

A positive attitude toward the existence of many faiths in one society

Question 5

Define multi-faith

Answer 5

Many faiths

Question 6

Define secular

Answer 6

Concerned with the material world, not religion

Question 7

Define Theology

Answer 7

The study of religion

Question 8

Define religious

Answer 8

Devoted to religion

Question 9

Define credo

Answer 9

A set of beliefs

Question 10

Define soul

Answer 10

The spiritual part of a human being or an animal

Question 11

Define evolutionary

Answer 11

A person who believes that evolution explains the origin of the species

Question 12

Define ritual

Answer 12

A prescribed religious procedure

Question 13

Define agnostic

Answer 13

A person who doubts the existence of a god

Question 14

Define symbol

Answer 14

A mark, character, or object that serves to represent an idea, process or function

Question 15

Define religious impulse

Answer 15

The universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves

Question 16

Define sacred

Answer 16

Connected with religion

Question 17

Define ethics

Answer 17

Rules for human conduct

Question 18

Define humanist

Answer 18

A person who views humankind as the source of all meaning

Question 19

Why do we study religion? (4)

Answer 19

• to understand the present world
• the more you understand your own religion, the more you gain in practicing it
• a better understanding of others assist you in being more open and accepting of others
• learn from other great sources of wisdom

Question 20

How many people in the US claim to be Christian?

Answer 20

85%

Question 21

What are the 3 fastest growing religions in the past 10 years?

Answer 21

Pentecostal, Mormon, Jehovah’s Witness

Question 22

What Latin word does religion come from?

Answer 22

Religio, meaning to bind

Question 23

Define religion

Answer 23

A community or person bound itself to something worthy of respect

Question 24

Name three common element within all religions (1: 4)

Answer 24

Sacred stories (most have stories saying how the world was created, how humans were created and why; called myths; intended to convey sacred truth; becomes part of sacred history)

Sacred scriptures

Community

Question 25

Define polytheistic

Answer 25

Many deities with distinct identities and roles (Hinduism, Greek)

Question 26

Define monotheistic

Answer 26

One God derived from patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses (Christianity, Judaism, Islam)

Question 27

Define no god

Answer 27

Buddha taught state of enlightenment (nirvana) achieved through human means like enlightenment, not by any supreme deity(s)

Question 28

What is the Apostles Creed an example of?

Answer 28

A formal set of beliefs that spectate one religion from another

Question 29

What are the sacred times for each religion?

Answer 29

Muslims=Friday
Jews=Saturday
Christians=Sunday