Religion
Spirituality
Spirituality in Recovery
North Carolina
Miscellaneous
100
What is the definition of Religion?
What is the belief in and worship of a higher controlling power, especially a personal God or gods OR a particular system of faith and worship.
100
What is the definition of Spirituality?
What is a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life, with focus on the soul.
100
True or False:
Meditation is not proven to improve overall well-being during recovery.
What is false?
100
What are the North Carolina state colors?
What is red and blue?
100
Name two holy books.
What is the Bible, New testament, Old testament Qu'Ron, the Torah, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Vedas, etc.?
200
Name 2 totems (or symbols) of Religious faiths.
What is the Star of David, the Cross, the Aum, the Dharma, etc.
200
True or false: Spirituality improves emotional well-being.
What is true? Spirituality is about seeking a meaningful connection with something bigger than yourself, which can result in positive emotions, such as peace, awe, contentment, gratitude, and acceptance.
200
Name a 12-step organization values using Spiritual practices and recognizing a higher power?
What is AA, NA, Celebrate Recovery, SMART recovery, etc.?
200
Name 2 local religious buildings.
What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mount Olive Baptist, etc.?
200
Name two types of Spirituality practices.
What is yoga, art, meditation, chakra balancing, prayer, energy healing?
300
Do you have to religious in order to be spiritual?
What is false?
You don’t need to follow an institutionalized religion in order to have a spiritual life.
300
True or false: Spirituality is the fact of being spiritual and is usually evidenced by the act of doing spiritual things. Praying, meditating, reading Scripture, and giving to a charity are all things that a "spiritual" person might do.
What is True?
300
Name 3 spiritual practices you can use during recovery.
What is yoga, meditation, prayer, mantras, breathing exercises, affirmations, etc.?
300
What percentage of people in North Carolina regularly attend weekly worship services?
What is 40%
77% of the demographic are Christian (including Catholicism), 20% are unaffiliated with any religion, and about 3% are non-Christian faiths, the largest share being Jewish.
300
Name 1 of the ways of Spiritual Practices.
Hint: We talked about these on Wednesday.
What is the path of knowledge, devotion, meditation, service, or energy?
400
What is a form of symbolic practice that highlights faith?
Examples: baptism, fasting, lighting candles, bowing at the altar
What is rituals?
400
Name 2 forms of Spiritual expression.
hint: They all start with "B"
What is behaving, belonging, believing or being?
400
What is NOT a Spiritual goal in recovery?
A.) Develop better coping skills
B.) Find a religion or organization to join
C.) Learn to cope with stress in a positive way
D.) Promote healing through forgiveness and reconnecting with others
What is B?
400
Name 1 North Carolina Native American tribe that uses spiritual practices such as sacred fire, bathing in ice-cold rivers, medicinal healing from Shamans, and animal gods?
What is the Cherokee, Lumbee, Coharie, Sappony, etc.?
400
Who is the current Pope?
Who is Pope Francis?
Pope Francis became Pope of the Catholic Church in 2013. He is currently 85-years-old.
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500
Name 3 religious groups.
Christian (Roman Catholic, Baptist, A.M.E, Seven-Day Adventist), Muslim, Irreligion, Atheism, Agnosticism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism/Confucianists/Chinese traditional religion, Ethnic/Indigenous, Indigenous, Sikhism, Judaism, Spiritism, Bahá'ís, Jainism, etc.
500
How many types of Spirituality exist?
Can you name them?
What is 5?
Mysticism: a desire to move beyond the material world, beyond the senses, ego and even beyond time. Focuses on unity.
Authoritarian: a particularly strong form of spirituality based around a need for definition and rules.
Intellectual: focuses on building knowledge and understanding of spirituality through analyzing history and spiritual theories.
Service: a common form of spirituality in many religious faiths. This is predominantly built around serving others as a form of spiritual expression.
Social: often practiced by people who experience a spiritual feeling in the company of others.
500
According to many recovery programs, one must let go of _________ in order to fully begin the recovery process.
What is control?
500
Name 3 North Carolina recovery organizations or in-patient treatment centers.
What is Coastal Horizons Center, New Season, Stepping Stone, Walter B. Jones, etc.?
500
What is the most common type of Spitituality?
What is Service Spirituality?