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Mark all that is TRUE regarding the World Religions as a distinct definitional
category.
Correct Answer
The World Religion tends to comprise religions that have stood the test of time.
Correct!
The World Religions are a global phenomenon.
Correct!
The World Religions tend to be defined based on their large following.
Question 2
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Among the following World Religions, ______________still possesses visible
elements of animism.
Correct!
Shinto
Question 3
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The term theism comes from a Greek word meaning
Correct!
god.
Question 4
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Animism is the belief that
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that every animate and inanimate object possesses a spirit.
Question 5
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The concept behind Rudolph Otto's idea of the numinous was that
the Divine needed to be experienced in order to be understood and believed.
Question 6
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Which of the following is NOT regarded as a western World Religion?
Correct!
Buddhism
Question 7
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The belief that all deities are really avatars or representations of one all-
encompassing divine force, is known as
Correct!
monism.
Question 8
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Someone who is unwilling to claim that God exists based on a lack of knowledge
is termed a/n
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agnostic
Question 9
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For anthropologists such as James Frazer, religion is one step on an evolutionary
ladder of human reasoning.
Correct!
True
Question 10
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Emile Durkheim argued that people gravitated to religion because of its potential
to
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False
Question 11
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Monotheism is the belief in one god but the acceptance that other gods might
exist.
Correct!
False
Question 12
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All rituals serve as a form of a rite of passage.
You Answered
Correct Answer
False
Question 13
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2 / 2 pts
In pantheist belief, all objects and or persons possess a unique spirit.
False
Question 14
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In pre-monotheistic religions, there were no distinctions between magic and
religion.
Correct!
True
Question 15
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Unlike shamans, priests are religious specialists within organized religions.
Correct!
True
Question 16
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An agnostic would be someone who does not believe in the existence of god.
Correct!
False
Question 17
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From an evolutionary perspective, the idea of animism appears to lay the
foundation for the later religious belief in a soul.
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true
Question 18
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Creation stories are one way that religions give to answer the question of human
origins.
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True
Question 19
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Religion can be defined simply based on how it functions.
Correct!
False
Question 20
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Karl Marx argued that religion functioned as tool to control the masses.
orrect!
True
Emile Durkheim argued that people gravitated to religion because of its potential
to bring emotional security and comfort.
Correct!
False
Shamans are most frequently found within indigenous cultures.
Correct!
True
Hinduism
is an example of a polytheistic faith.
False
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