Understanding Religion Quiz (Lesson 1)

What is the primary concern of religion according to the etymology of the word 'religion'?

• To provide guidance on how humans ought to live

• To bind humanity and the divine together

• To establish a unity between the human world and the sacred world

• To explain the origin of the linguistic form of the word

Which scholar defined religion as 'the belief in a Divine mind and will ruling the universe and holding moral relations with mankind'?

• James Martineau

• Friedrich Schleiermacher

• F. H. Bradley

• C. P. Tiele

What is the term used to describe the belief that reality is just physical and nothing more?

• Nontheism

• Agnosticism

• Atheism

• Theism

Which form of sacredness involves the belief in a spiritual world or a transcendent reality?

• Derived sacredness

• Inherent sacredness

• Nongod-centered sacredness

• God-centered sacredness

What is the term used to describe the belief that there is no certainty whether or not God or gods exist?

• Theism

• Agnosticism

• Nontheism

• Atheism

In which form of sacredness does God or gods exist outside the natural world?

• Henotheism

• Traditional theism

• Pantheism

• Panentheism

What is the primary goal of religious spirituality?

• To maintain an indifferent attitude towards the existence of a divine being

• To reject the reality of God

• To establish a hierarchy of gods

• To achieve ultimate happiness through unity with the divine

Which view claims that spirituality is the broader concept compared to religiousness?

• Henotheism

• Pantheism

• Atheism

• Theism

What is the term used to describe the belief that there is only one God?

• Polytheism

• Henotheism

• Panentheism

• Monotheism

Which scholar defined religion as 'the attempt to express the complete reality of goodness through every aspect of our being'?

• J. Milton Yinger

• Paul Tillich

• Emile Durkheim

• James Frazier