This 'Intro to World Religions Test 1' assesses knowledge on various religious beliefs and practices, including Christian Fundamentalism, mystical orientations, indigenous African religions, Taoism, and concepts shared between Sikhs and Hindus. It's designed to enhance understanding of global religious diversity and its contemporary relevance.
Apocalyptic
Prophetic
Mystical
Communal
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Omnipotent god supplemented and served by lesser spirits including ancestors and animal spirits, including ancestors and animal spirits
Impersonal and unrelated set of natural forces
Omnipotent god whom people worship and ask for help
Patheon of gods who share seperate but roughly equal powers
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Tibet
Korea
Taiwan
Chinas Hunan province
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Gospels
Acts
Parables
Epistles
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The castle system
Polytheism
Reincarnation
Living gurus whose ancestry dates back to founders
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Instill values of hard work honesty and good citizenship
Set a tone of guilt and the need for repentence
Seperate the elect from the masses for the future final judgement
Celebrate the living mystery of god
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No clear boundaries exsist between the natural and the supernatural
Nature is superior to the supernatural
Animals once existed as human beings
There is one creator who intervenes in both the natural and supernatural
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Brahman
Indra
Agni
Vishnu
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Sadducees
Essenes
Pharisees
Zealots
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Several books added to the new testament
A new emphasis on the final destiny of the individual rather than of the universe itself
The appointment of christians to high ranking official public postions
The governments return of confiscated church property
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Rulings of muhammads sucessors
Recollections people have had of muhammads words and deeds
The sayings of muhammads wife, khadijah
Natural laws
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Revivalism
Enlightment
Mysticism
Romanticism
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Egg
Mandala
Tree of life
Heart
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Pentateuch
Kethuvim
Tanakh
Torah
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Multiple pathways to god
Diversity and unity of human kind
Sacraments
Ten great manifestations of god
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Brahma sutra
Yoga sutra
Nyaya sutra
Kama sutra
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Vishnu
Brahma
Shiva
Krishna
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Jodo shinsu
Soto
Nishi hongwanji
Rinzai
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China
Britain
Germany
Mongolia
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Wicca
Rastrafarianism
Baha'i
Druidism
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Jesus's fulfillment of hebrew prophecies
Palestines suffering under the rule of rome
The suffering and death of jesus
The parables and other teachings of jesus
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Babylonian
Roman
Jerusalem
Assyrian
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Gnosticism
Sabellianism
Niceaism
Anomoeanism
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Xin
Hsiao
Jen
Li
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Sunyata
Dukkha
Bhodicitta
Jhana
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Salvation through ones own efforts
Life after death
Rununciation of the material world
One supreme god
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I only
I and III
II, III, and IV
I, II, III, and IV
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Gelug-pa
Nyingma-pa
Sakya-pa
Kagyu-pa
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Second coming of christ
Blessed trinity of the godhead
Divinity of christ
Virgin birth
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Vinaya pitakas
Tipitaka
Sutras
Trikaya
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15
35
65
85
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View of the human being as a composite of spirit and matter
Practice of vegetarianism
Monotheistic diety worship
Promotion of ahimsa
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I ching
Mandate of heaven
Analects
Tao-te ching
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I only
I, III, IV
II only
I, II, III and IV
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Perfected the ayurvedic techniques of preventing illness, healing the sick and perserving life
Renounced worldly goods to live a life of asceticism and seek moksha
Achieved a tantric balance between the desire for wordly pleasures and spirtual aspirations
Achieved a yogic oneness of breath, mind, and senses and the abandonment of all states of exsistence.
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Zoroastrianism
Coptic christianity
Babism
Persian shiite islam
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World government
Polytheism
An afterlife
Reconciliation of religion and science
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Brevaries
Paraliturgical devotions
Monastic orders
Sacraments
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Pure land
Mahayana
Zen
Tibetan
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Prophets
Talmud
Midrash
Pentateuch
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Fire
Wind
Water
The earth
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Loyalty
Pride
Thrift
Ritualization
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Digambaras
Jinas
Svetambaras
Tirthankaras
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Family values
Shame
Animal spirits
Fertility
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More use of sacred music in nontraditional formats
The substituition of grape juice for wine
Using the vernacular rather than latin in the liturgy
The simplifying of rites
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Birth as a bird
Sexual maturity
Human birth
Parenthood
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K'ang yu-wei
Hsun-tzu
Tung chung- shu
Mencius
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Zuhr
Maghrib
Id
'asr
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