New Spirituality And Postmodernism
- 1.Which of the following characteristics accurately describes new spirituality's view of reality?
- A.
Reality is eternal
- B.
Reality is non-personal
- C.
Reality is divine
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- 2.All of the following have contributed to the new spirituality worldview EXCEPT what?
- A.
Eastern religion
- B.
Pop psychology
- C.
Self-help teaching
- D.
Scientific materialism
- E.
Meditation
- 3.New spiritualists believe that we can be temporarily free from the illusion of self through practicing what?
- A.
Yoga
- B.
Meditation
- C.
Charity
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- 4.What is the environmental philosophy that contends that all living creatures should have legal rights?
- A.
Deep ecology
- B.
Feminism
- C.
Anthropomorphic environmentalism
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 5.What is the political philosophy that links the oppression of women and the exploitation of the environment?
- A.
Nazism
- B.
Ecofeminism
- C.
Polytheism
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 6.________________ is the belief that everything is god.
- 7.________________ is the process by which the body passes away but the the soul continues its quest for enlightenment in another form.
- 8.______________ is the belief that good is returned to those who do good and evil is returned to those who do evil.
- 9.The Bhagavad Gita is the ancient Hindu text that chronicles the conversations between Arjuna and Krishna,
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.According to new spirituality, the source of religion isn't God; it is unconsciousness.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The God of new spirituality is a personal force.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.New spiritualists believe that we can be permanently free from the illusion of self through achieving enlightenment.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.According to new spirituality, the universe began with the Big Bang.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.According to new spirituality, the source of suffering is our ignorance regarding consciousness,
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.New spiritualists accept the secular philosophy of materialism.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.According to postmodernism, which of the following affects how we see the world?
- A.
Culture
- B.
Language
- C.
Gender
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 17.According to postmodernism, truth is what?
- A.
Objective
- B.
Universal
- C.
Neutral
- D.
Socially constructed
- E.
A and B only
- 18.Which philosopher famously pronounced, "God is dead?"
- A.
Friedrich Nietzsch
- B.
Michel Foucault
- C.
Walter Truett Anerson
- D.
Jean-Francis Lyotard
- E.
Richard Rorty
- 19.According to postmodernism, language functions as what?
- A.
A means for describing objective reality
- B.
A method for communicating truth
- C.
A tool for power and manipulation
- D.
A and B only
- E.
None of the above
- 20.Postmodernists doubt the objectivity of which of the following disciplines?
- A.
Evolutionary biology
- B.
Science
- C.
Math
- D.
A and B only
- E.
All of the above
- 21._______________ is characterized by a strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress as a well as skepticism toward religion.
- 22.__________________ is the belief that denies the existence or accessibility of an objective reality.
- 23.Postmodernism asserts that all worldviews offer unbiased truth claims about reality.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.According to postmodernism, universal truth can be known.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Postmodernists accept the notion of universal objective reason.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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