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REL 133 Week 1 Knowledge Check
Complete the Week 1 Knowledge Check.
Week 1 Knowledge Check
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Personalized Study Guide Results
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Concepts | Mastery | Questions |
PATTERNS AMONG RELIGIONS | 100% | · 1 |
INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS | 100% | · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 |
WHAT IS RELIGION | 100% | · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 |
Concept: PATTERNS AMONG RELIGIONS
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 1 |
Materials on the concept
- Second Pattern: Focus of Beliefs and Practices
1.
A sacramental orientation in religion is characterized by
daily prayer.
the use of silent meditation.
the extensive use of bells and powders.
a belief that certain rituals and ceremonies help one achieve salvation.
Concept: INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 |
Materials on the concept
- Sacred Time and Sacred Space
- Taboo and Sacrifice
- Human Relationships with the Natural World
- The Modern Recovery of Indigenous Religions
- Past Obstacles to the Appreciation of Indigenous Religions
2.
The transmission of indigenous religions is made more difficult by the fact that teachings are often conveyed in ways that are
relatively impermanent.
passed on in symbolic language.
known only to initiates.
written in unknown languages.
3.
Compared with indigenous religions, today’s dominant religions are
much younger.
much older.
much more difficult to transmit.
more holistic.
4.
Animism holds that
animal sacrifice is necessary for ritual purity.
mountains are often at the end of sacred paths.
animal nature must be subservient to human beings.
the life force exists in every part of the universe.
5.
A libation involves
the pouring of a liquid on the ground as an offering.
the shaman’s ability to fly through the air.
the forbidding of incest and marriage among close relatives.
vivid dreams and visions.
6.
Sacred time in indigenous religions is
cyclical.
linear.
relative.
historically focused.
Concept: WHAT IS RELIGION
Mastery | 100% | Questions | · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 |
Materials on the concept
- The Sacred
- Key Characteristics of Religion
7.
Literally, the word religion means
meditate on.
worship.
connect again.
rise above.
8.
Belief in many gods is called
polytheism.
monotheism.
agnosticism.
atheism.
9.
Belief in one God is called
monotheism.
polytheism.
atheism.
agnosticism.
10.
Literally, “theology” means
discovery of the soul.
structure of society.
logic of pattern.
study of the divine.