REL 2300 Exam Questions and Answers
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Ancient cosmic religions looked to the changing of the seasons, rather than
to historical events, as the time when reality is revealed. (T/F) - ✔✔t
When did the first transcendental religions emerge? - ✔✔During Axial
Age
Religious Studies seeks a neutral understanding of religions (T/F) - ✔✔T
"The Dialogue Decalogue" suggests that one of the ten principles of
dialogue between persons of different religions is to compare ideals with
ideals and practices with practices. (T/F) - ✔✔T
Primal and Archaic cultures both embody a cosmological sense of the
sacred. (T/F) - ✔✔T
According to our working description of religion, temples are not a
necessary part of religions. (T/F) - ✔✔T
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If you were following the "Dialogue Decalogue" you would listen
respectfully to your dialogue partners' exposition of their religion, including
what their religion believes about your religion. (T/F) - ✔✔T
Functional definitions of religion are interested in what a religion is. (T/F) -
✔✔F
what a religion DOES
Rituals are symbolic stories of origin and destiny handed down from
ancestors explaining who we are. (T/F) - ✔✔F
Myth (mythos = story): symbolic stories of origin and destiny handed down
from ancestors who we are
Myths are symbolic enactment's of the story that express rituals. (T/F) -
✔✔F
Ritual : symbolic enactment of the story that expresses myth very often
mirror each other...
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This course's working definition of "religion" is being "tied" or "bound" in
relations of obligation to whatever powers one believes govern one's
destiny (T/F) - ✔✔T
Ultimate Reality is defined for this course as that which is the highest in
value and meaning for the group. (T/F) - ✔✔T
Substantive definitions of religion are interested in what religion does. -
✔✔F
what religion is
Traditional cosmological religions find ultimate power in various ways in
_______________ - ✔✔nature
The two primary types of ancient cosmological religion are? - ✔✔primal
and archaic
Who is the important scholar of religion who coined and developed a
concept of "ultimate concern" in relationship to the understanding of
religion? - ✔✔Paul Tillich
The Secularization Process _________________ religion. -
✔✔marginalizes