World Religion Final (bc)

The belief in a god who is indifferent to creation is

In religion studies, the word myth means

Sigmund Freud, when analyzing the origin of religion, emphasized

The American thinker who argued that religion brought new vitality to people's lives was

Literally, the word religion means

The study of the question of being is referred to as

The question of knowing what we know is referred to as

The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is

Hinduism and Buddhism generally believe in ________ revelation.

Some religion such as Judaism and Christianity generally believe in ______ revelation.

One of the commonalities among most religion is

Atheism has been tempered by culture and has emerged as a result of the

The study of religion is a fairly recent field and has emerged within the last

One of the main differences in Eastern and Western forms of revelation is that

Forms of meditation differ between Eastern and Western philosophies in that

A Hindu social class, sanctioned by religion, is called a

A sannyasin is a

In Hinduism, dharma refers to

The goal of the ultimate liberation from egotism and from rebirth is called

The law of moral cause-and-effect is called the law of

The deity of Vishnu incarnated on earth is

Between 80-85% of all Hindus live in

Hinduism is heavily influenced by an ancient people called

The oldest texts that the Hindus ascribe to are the

Ultimate reality for Hindus exists within the divine presence uniting all things called

One of the ways to reach Moksha in the life of Hindus is

For the Hindu idea of liberation comes from the reality that

The idea of the Trimurti closely resembles a later Western religious concept known as

Although there are millions of gods in the Hindu tradition, most Hindus

The difficulty behind fully grasping Hindu belief in its totality is because

The Buddha was first the man named

The first of the noble truths that the Buddha taught was

One of the Noble Eightfold paths of Buddhism is

According to the Buddha, to end suffering you must

The Indian ruler responsible for expanding Buddhist teaching widely was

Buddhism focuses especially on

The older branch of Buddhism comprised of mostly monks is

The "big vehicle" branch of Buddhism is known as

The suffering, dissatisfaction, and sorrow that life brings is called

Having lived a protected life, Gautama was changed after

Although Buddha accepted reincarnation, he rejected the idea of a

Without the reality of a soul, the substance that is being reincarnated is

The celebrated leader of the Tibetan Buddhism movement is

A Bodhisattva is an enlightened being who

Shunyata in Mahayana Buddhism is similar to Maya in Hinduism in that

The destruction of the Second Temple changed the nature of the nature of the Hebrew Religion in that afterward

Before 70 C.E., the reality of God's near presence has always been symbolically tied to

The covenant - what God used to ratify his relationship with the people of Israel - means

During the days of the Temple, a Jew was made acceptable before God with the institution of

The three categories of the Hebrew Bible are

The Jewish view of God can be expressed as

The book the Jews comprised after they could no longer follow the Law of the sacrifices was

The period of "seeking out" after the Second Temple was destroyed leaving the Jews in search of a new center was

Judaism traces itself back to what legendary patriarch who is written about in the book of Genesis?

The Shema, taken from Deuteronomy 6, recounts the central belief of Judaism that

The Talmud is

It is believed that the destruction of the First Temple was a direct result of

The event during WWII in which approximately six million Jews were annihilated in concentration camps was known as the

Many Jews by birth today are either agnostic or atheist largely because

Many Jews by birth today are either agnostic or atheist largely because

Christianity builds its validity and central focus on the person of

Jesus claimed to forgive sins, causing Jews to be enraged because

Jesus said that all important religious laws could be summed up in the

While it is believed that God is shrouded in mystery in the Old Testament, one of the purposes of Jesus's ministry was to

Literally, "gospel" means

The rapid spread of Christianity following the life of Jesus was different from Judaism in that

One of the figures that contributed to the vast spread of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean was

One of the factors of the spread of the early church was

Christianity's uniqueness and difficulty behind the doctrine of the Trinity is

The books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are what we call the

Apocalyptic literature found in the New Testament that also interprets like a dream is found in the book of

The key figure of the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century was

The break between Medieval Catholicism and the Protestant Reformation was the Protestants

The voracity for the belief in Jesus as Lord and God among Christians is found in

The key distinctions from Orthodox Protestant Christianity from most other religions is that

Literally, the word "Muslim" means a person who

Islam particularly stresses

The sacred book of Islam, which gives the sermons of Muhammad, is called

Unlike Jesus and Buddha, what made Muhammad different than other spiritual figures before him was that he was

The title of Allah is

It is believed among Muslims that in regards to the Qur'an, Muhammad was responsible for

The phrase "Five Pillars of Islam" refers to

The Shiite branch developed because

The successor to Muhammad, for centuries a political as well as a religious figure was called

A response to the changing western culture was the idea of theocracy instituting Sharia law in

Muhammad and his followers escaped from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina). This event

The confession, which makes one a convert into Islam is called the

The difference today between most peaceful Muslims an the radical extremists is

The institution of Sharia law makes it difficult to implement in democracy because

The modern popular personality who came out to speak against the oppression Muslim women faced was