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The word "Religion" as defined by Fredrick Streng is usually interpreted by
scholars to mean? - ✔✔Means to Ultimate Transformation
Beliefs enacted and made real through ceremonies, certain objects or
specialized locations or buildings and are repeated define the characteristic
of... - ✔✔Ritual
The form of sacred reality manifested in the singular form is called? -
✔✔Monotheism
To understand sacred as Transcendent is to believe - ✔✔That it exists
outside the material universe
Ritual is defined as something that is predictable and repeated rather than
spontaneous? - ✔✔True
The term that is often applied to the selective insistence on parts of a
religious tradition and highly negative views of other religions is... -
✔✔Fundamentalism
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Literally meaning "Not God", agnostic holds that there is no God -
✔✔False
Which does NOT describe a part of the realm of sacred... - ✔✔Prophetic
A non-relational, non-sensory experience of that which is totally outside the
self is... - ✔✔Numinous
Marie St. Vincent developed the theory of Comparative Religion? -
✔✔False
In the four stages of life, students and enunciates are: - ✔✔to be celibate
Nonviolence or nonharm is called samsara. - ✔✔False
The moral law of cause and effect that governs one's rebirth is called
karma. - ✔✔True
Respect is shown to gurus through - ✔✔touching their feet
What role does the Ganges River play? - ✔✔The waters are thought to
purify even wash away sins.
Rama and Krishna are two incarnations of the god Vishnu. - ✔✔True
What is another name for the priest in Hinduism? - ✔✔Brahmin
Of all the great world religions, Hinduism most strongly recognizes the
female aspects of divinity. - ✔✔True