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Religion
People
Belief
Aproaches
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100
Literally, the word religion means... a. meditate on. b. worship. c. connect again. d. rise above.
What is C. Connect again? (pg. 5)
100
The early anthropologist who saw religion as rooted in a belief in spirits and the worship of them was a. E. B. Tylor. b. James Frazer. c. Sigmund Freud. d. Carl Jung.
What is A. E.B. Tylor? (P. 11)
100
Belief in many gods is called... a. polytheism. b. monotheism. c. agnosticism. d. atheism.
What is a. polytheism? (p. 12)
100
The analytical approach that carefully investigates individual elements in cultural phenomena, rejecting the quest for universal structures that might under-gird language or religion, is... a. structuralism. b. existentialism. c. post-structuralism. d. linguistics.
What is c. post-structuralism? (p. 23)
100
Literally, psychology means... a. study of nature. b. internal structure. c. study of the soul. d. procession of images.
What is c. Study of the soul? (p. 19)
200
A common element often found in religions is... a. respect for sculpture. b. feelings of wonder. c. rules governing meditation. d. the use of permanent places of worship.
What is B. Feelings of wonder? (P. 5)
200
Sigmund Freud, when analyzing the origin of religion, emphasized a. the human need for psychological security. b. the certainty of an afterlife. c. his belief that religions were essential to psychological health. d. the valuable role that religions play in helping people find meaning in their lives.
What is a. The human need for psychological security? (P. 11)
200
Belief in one God is called... a. monotheism. b. polytheism. c. atheism. d. agnosticism.
What is a. monotheism? (p. 12)
200
The analytical approach to language, religions, and mythology that searches for universal underlying frameworks is... a. post-structuralism. b. linguistics. c. structuralism. d. literary theory.
What is c. structuralism? (p. 23)
200
In religious studies, the word myth means... a. a story that is historically true. b. a story that is historically untrue. c. a story that is psychologically meaningful and may be either historically true or not. d. a story that is found in similar form in many religions.
What is c. a story that is psychologically meaningful and may be either historically true or not? (p. 6)
300
The prophetic orientation in religion emphasizes... a. ceremonies. b. feelings of oneness with the universe. c. traditions. d. beliefs and moral codes.
What is d. Beliefs and moral codes? (P. 13)
300
The Scottish anthropologist who was the author of the multivolume study of mythology called The Golden Bough was a. James Frazer. b. C. G. Jung. c. Sigmund Freud. d. E. B. Tylor.
What is a. James Frazer? (P. 11)
300
Pantheism is the belief... a. that all reality is divine. b. in the ancient Greek religion that believed the god Pan was the source of cosmic order. c. in endless reincarnation. d. in a timeless realm of happiness at the top of the universe.
What is a. that all reality is divine? (P. 7)
300
The analytical approach that studies written texts of religion and even non-written material as reflections of the cultural values and assumptions that produced them is... a. structuralism. b. literary theory. c. linguistics. d. post-structuralism.
What is b. literary theory? (p. 21)
300
Anthropology typically studies religions as... a. cultural creations with multiple aspects. b. clusters of sacred buildings, rivers, and mountains. c. systems of philosophical explanation of the universe. d. artifacts of superior beings.
What is a. cultural creations with multiple aspects? (p. 20)
400
Three of the Eastern religions we will be studying in this course... a. Christianity, Judiasm, Islam b. Shinto, Christianity, Hinduism c. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism d. Hinduism, Buddhism, Universalism
What is c. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism?
400
The German theologian who held that religions originate in human response to the mysterious side of reality was a. Rudolf Otto. b. Carl Jung. c. Karl Rahner. d. Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
What is a. Rudolf Otto? (p. 11)
400
The conception of time that is found in religions that emphasize a creation and a cosmic purpose is usually... a. cyclical. b. linear. c. repetitive d. psychological.
What is b. linear? (p. 15)
400
The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is... a. psychology. b. mythology. c. philosophy. d. anthropology.
What is c. philosophy? (p. 19)
400
A universal religious symbol that is circular, or that blends a circle and a square, is called a... a. mandala. b. mudra. c. mantra. d. megalith.
What is a. mandala? (p. 12)
500
Among many reasons for the existence of religions, religions exist to help people a. deal with the certainty of death. b. find ways to express themselves in art. c. select careers that are socially redeeming. d. have valuable texts to study.
What is a. deal with the certainty of death? (p. 10)
500
The American thinker who argued that religion brought a new vitality to people’s lives was... a. James Frazer. b. William James. c. E. B. Tylor. d. Carl Jung.
What is b. William James? (P. 11)
500
Literally, “theology” means... a. discovery of the soul. b. structure of society. c. logic of pattern. d. study of the divine.
What is d. study of the divine? (p. 20)
500
The prophetic orientation in religion is particularly strong in... a. Protestant Christianity. b. Tibetan Buddhism. c. Vedic Hinduism. d. Taoism.
What is a. Protestant Christianity? (p. 13)
500
One name of an early female deity was... a. Wotan. b. Mercury. c. Astarte. d. Izanagi.
What is c. Astarte? (p. 17)