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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Religion began on a very ____ in childlike level from which it evolved to greater levels of _____

A

Primitive

Complexity

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2
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Mana

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Is described as a basic feeling, a general awareness of a spiritual force in the world.

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3
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Anism

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Recognizes many forces

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4
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Polytheism

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Recognizes many gods, what are vastly superior to spirits.

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Henotheism

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Is the stage where people recognize many different gods as real, but we’re simply one.

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Monotheism

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Is the notion that there is only one God, usually described as the created the world in vastly superior in all respects to any creature.

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7
Q

The biggest problem with the evolutionary model of religion is that the kind of development it describes has never been ______

A

Observed

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Original Montheisn

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  1. Original monotheism located the beginnings of religion in God
  2. The reality of God preceded human awareness of God.
  3. People respond to God’s self-discloser, and religion came into existence
    > founded in Genesis,
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9
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Virtually every religious culture carries a _____ of monotheism.

A

Fragment

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10
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As monotheism was left behind, _______ and ______ increased.

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Ritual

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11
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Once monotheism is abandoned, change usually _____ to occur.

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Continues

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12
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Religions, like living _____, are born into history, grow and mature into living traditions, and often affect the lives of hundreds of millions of followers.

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Organisms

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13
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Religions seldom remain _____. They tend to change their forms and characteristics over time, space, and history.

A

Static

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14
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Some religions give birth to ____ movements form within.

A

Reform

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15
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Other religions are formed by _____ certain features of several religions.

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Combining

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16
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Some religions build upon the ____ others

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Foundation

17
Q

Top 5 organized religions

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Christianity - 2.2 billion 33%
Muslims- 1.6 billion 23%
Hindus- 1 billion 15%
Buddhist- nearly 500 million 7%
Jews- 14 million 0.2%
18
Q

Judaism

A

14 million

19
Q

Who is the founder?

A

Abraham

20
Q

Covenant with Abraham involved

A

People
A place
A purpose

21
Q

First Jewish commonwealth

A

Next >

22
Q

This period is reckoned from the time Moses received the ___ on Mount Sinai until the distraction of Judah and exile under the ____

A

Law

Babylonians

23
Q

The second Jewish commonwealth

A

Next

24
Q

This period begins with the of the _____ temple after the Babylonian exile and extends through the destruction of the temple by the ____

A

Rebuilding

Romans

25
Q

The tanakh was arranged in three major divisions

A

Law, Prophets , writings

26
Q

Torah means

A

Law are learning and specifically means the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible

27
Q

More generally, the Torah includes the entire_____ _____

A

Old Testament

28
Q

Talmud means _____, and is a collection of studies and interpretations of the Torah made by Jewish rabbis

A

Study

29
Q

Deuteronomy 6:4

A

Here, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one

30
Q

The synagogue is a house of _____ and much more

A

Worship

31
Q

The Sabbath begins with sunset on ______ evening and ends on sunset on ____ evening

A

Friday, Saturday

32
Q

Jewish New Years

A

Rosh Hashanah

33
Q

Day of Atonement

A

Yom Kippur

34
Q

Passover

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In memory of their deliverance from slavery in Egypt

35
Q

Tree major branches

A

Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
Conservative Judaism

36
Q

A religion is a system of ____ and ____ that by means of its ____ directs a person towards _____ and, thus, provides ___ and coherence to a persons life.

A 
Beliefs 
Practices
\_\_\_\_
Transcendence 
Meaning

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