RELG 103 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Your textbook gives the following short definition for what important term?
"The sense of being tied or bound by sacred obligations to powers believed to govern
our destiny." - Answers -Religion
In this class, we explore religion from a critical academic perspective as a fundamentally
human phenomenon, in the same way one might study politics, literature, visual arts, or
communication. Thus, your textbook encourages you to have empathy and try to put
yourself in the time and place of a religion's origins (e.g. 6th c. BCE India) to help
understand different religious traditions. The authors refer to this analytical technique as
____________. - Answers -Sympathetic imagination
Derived from the Greek word for "story," what term refers to a symbolic story about the
origins of the world and destiny of human beings, and not necessarily to something
untrue? - Answers -Myth
Stating that human beings are not just storytellers, we are "storydwellers," your textbook
describes four main types of religious stories. Which of the following is not one of those
four types? - Answers -Construction
A common term used to describe ritual specialists who mediate between the sacred (or
spirit) realm and human realm in various religious traditions, especially indigenous
religions, is _____. - Answers -Shaman
Implicitly referencing the work of French sociologist Emile Durkheim, your text notes
that religion "binds us together," and thus dictates proper behavior ("right action") for
human begins to exist successfully in social groups, also known as codes of _____ -
Answers -Morality
An action that links an individual and a community to each other ("tie and bind"), in
reference to a conception of "the sacred," is referred to as a _____. - Answers -Ritual
Acting in the proper or prescribed manner, such as adhering to religious codes of
conduct or laws regarding correct dietary habits or styles of dress, is referred to as
_____. - Answers -Orthopraxy
Literally meaning "correct belief", what term describes the ideas or principles (e.g.
theological doctrines, sacred narratives) deemed authoritative or correct in reference to
sacred texts and the formulations of people designated as religious authorities? -
Answers -Orthodoxy
In describing the transcendent ("beyond all finite things"), human beings make use of
what your textbook describes as "religious language," meaning a symbolic language
Your textbook gives the following short definition for what important term?
"The sense of being tied or bound by sacred obligations to powers believed to govern
our destiny." - Answers -Religion
In this class, we explore religion from a critical academic perspective as a fundamentally
human phenomenon, in the same way one might study politics, literature, visual arts, or
communication. Thus, your textbook encourages you to have empathy and try to put
yourself in the time and place of a religion's origins (e.g. 6th c. BCE India) to help
understand different religious traditions. The authors refer to this analytical technique as
____________. - Answers -Sympathetic imagination
Derived from the Greek word for "story," what term refers to a symbolic story about the
origins of the world and destiny of human beings, and not necessarily to something
untrue? - Answers -Myth
Stating that human beings are not just storytellers, we are "storydwellers," your textbook
describes four main types of religious stories. Which of the following is not one of those
four types? - Answers -Construction
A common term used to describe ritual specialists who mediate between the sacred (or
spirit) realm and human realm in various religious traditions, especially indigenous
religions, is _____. - Answers -Shaman
Implicitly referencing the work of French sociologist Emile Durkheim, your text notes
that religion "binds us together," and thus dictates proper behavior ("right action") for
human begins to exist successfully in social groups, also known as codes of _____ -
Answers -Morality
An action that links an individual and a community to each other ("tie and bind"), in
reference to a conception of "the sacred," is referred to as a _____. - Answers -Ritual
Acting in the proper or prescribed manner, such as adhering to religious codes of
conduct or laws regarding correct dietary habits or styles of dress, is referred to as
_____. - Answers -Orthopraxy
Literally meaning "correct belief", what term describes the ideas or principles (e.g.
theological doctrines, sacred narratives) deemed authoritative or correct in reference to
sacred texts and the formulations of people designated as religious authorities? -
Answers -Orthodoxy
In describing the transcendent ("beyond all finite things"), human beings make use of
what your textbook describes as "religious language," meaning a symbolic language
