Intro to Religious Studies Quiz

________________________________________ means to gain facts and information about a religion

• Learning about
• Learning from

• Learning Into

________________________________________ means to take the teachings and practices of a religion that’s not your own and apply them to your life

• Learning about

• Learning from

• Learning into

________________________________________ means to belong to a religion and grow deeper into that faith

• Learning about

• Learning from

• Learning into

What is the definition of religion?

Explain this statement - "Religion responds to mystery."

Explain this statement -"Religion is ubiquitous."

Which term means "to have basic knowledge of religion and the ability to analyze its role in the world"?

• agnostic

• ethnic literacy

• religious literacy

  
  
  

Why is the study of world religion important?

1. Which Latin root means "something done with over-anxious or scrupulous attention to detail’

• 1. Religio (Latin root)

• Religare (Latin root)

• Cultus (Latin root)

2. Which Latin root means "to bind things closely together"?

• Binding together … 

…gods and humans

….beliefs, outlooks, thoughts, morals, people

• Religio (Latin Root)

• 2. Religare (Latin root)

• Cultus (Latin root)