Unit 2.2: Dialogue with Religion

Question 1

Derived from the verb “religare”; to tie back, to tie tight

Answer 1

Religion

Question 2

Who said, “Religion is the recognition of all our duties as DIVINE COMMAND”

Answer 2

Immanuel Kant

Question 3

Who said, “Religion is the belief in an ever living God, that is, in a DIVINE MIND and WILL ruling the Universe and holding moral relations with mankind.”

Answer 3

Harriet Martineau

Question 4

Who said, “Religion is that which grows out of, and gives expression to, experience of the holy in its various aspects.”

Answer 4

Rudolph Otto

Question 5

Who said “A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden – beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church all those who adhere to them”

Answer 5

Emile Durkheim

Question 6

Who said “Religion is comparable to childhood neurosis”

Answer 6

Sigmund Freud

Question 7

Who said “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature… a protest against real suffering… it is the opium of the people… the illusory sun which revolves around man for as long as he does not evolve around himself’

Answer 7

Karl Marx

Question 8

Who said “Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of the meaning of life”

Answer 8

Paul Tillich

Question 9

Who said “The essence of religion consists in the feeling of absolute dependance”

Answer 9

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Question 10

Who said “Religion is a system of beliefs and practices by means of which a group of people struggle with the ultimate problem of human life.”

Answer 10

John Milton Yinger

Question 11

Functions of Religion:
Explanation of the natural and social world

Answer 11

General

Question 12

Functions of Religion:
A set of normative rules on how people should behave

Answer 12

Moral

Question 13

Functions of Religion:
Enhances solidarity and social order through belief in a shared set of values

Answer 13

Moral

Question 14

Functions of Religion:
Gives believers a sense of security and control

Answer 14

Psychological

Question 15

Functions of Religion:
Helps individuals become better adapted to the environment

Answer 15

Ecological

Question 16

Who said, “Dialogue is the norm and necessary manner of every form of Christian mission, because Christian mission is participation in the mission of God”

Answer 16

Fr. Edgar Javier

Question 17

Who said dialogue can become for us an experience of God’s kingdom

Answer 17

Fr Edgar Javier

Question 18

Refers to efforts of different Christian Churches to develop closer relationships and develop better understandings of their shared faith

Answer 18

Ecumenism

Question 19

_______ had as its aim the establishment or restoration of full communion of faith and sacramental life between Christians of different Communions

Answer 19

Ecumenical Dialogue

Question 20

Refers to the means of co-operation with those people of Non-Christian religions, specifically with the members of the “Abrahamic faiths” (Jewish and Muslim traditions)

Answer 20

Interfaith Dialogue

Question 21

Refers to the means of co-operation with those people of Non-Christian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, etc

Answer 21

Interreligious Dialogue

Question 22

“Interreligious dialogue and proclamation, though not on the same level, are both authentic elements of the Church’s evangelizing mission. Both are legitimate and necessary. They are intimately related, but not interchangeable”

Answer 22

Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
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Dialogue and Proclamation, no. 77

Question 23

A philosophical perspective that emphasizes:
▪ Diversity rather than homogeneity
▪ Multiplicity rather than unity
▪ Difference rather than sameness

Answer 23

Religious Pluralism

Question 24

There is no one religion or no one way of attaining salvation

Answer 24

Religious Pluralism

Question 25

Everyone has their own way of salvation

Answer 25

Religious Relativism

Question 26

“All positive and constructive interreligious relations with individuals and communities of other faiths which are directed at mutual understanding and enrichment,”

Answer 26

Context of Religious Plurality

Question 27

People strive to live their life in harmony and peace with their neighbors of other faith, sharing with each other as friends their joys and sorrows, hopes and dreams

Answer 27

Dialogue of Life

Question 28

When people of different faiths work together to act and collaborate for integral development and liberation of people

Answer 28

Dialogue of Action

Question 29

Those who are specialists deepen each other’s religious heritages, and appreciate each other’s religious values

Answer 29

Dialogue of theological exchange

Question 30

Persons rooted in their own religious traditions share their spiritual riches

Answer 30

Dialogue of Religious experience