Chapter 1 Multiple-Choice Self-Quiz (Level 1)

. A primary concern regarding a sound academic approach to the study of world religions involves the fact that it arose within an intellectual culture that

embraced atheistic and agnostic theories of human behavior.

ignored the relevance of religion as an important factor in molding society.

tended to take for granted that Christianity was a model of what religion ought to be.

was overtly influenced by Communism and therefore tended to undervalue religion.

. Bruce Lincoln's definition of religion emphasizes four "domains":

Discourse, practice, community, and institution

Essence, existence, freedom, and regeneration

Inner, outer, esoteric, and exoteric.

Eastern, Western, African, and Australian.

. Religion functions in an unhealthy manner as an opiate that deters the suffering individual from attending to the true cause of affliction, according to

Emile Durkheim.

Sigmund Freud.

Karl Marx.

Paul Tillich.

. Which of the following is not among the prominent questions addressed by religions?

What is the correct definition of religion"?

What is ultimate reality?

How should we live in this world?

What is our ultimate purpose?

. The so-called Golden Rule set forth in the Christian New Testament

establishes the Christian ethical perspective with regard to the pursuit of wealth.

is pronounced in similar forms in the scriptures of virtually all of the world's major traditions.

pronounces that God created heaven and earth through the Logos or Word.

distinguishes Christianity as being the most altruistic of the world's major traditions.

. Religious scholar Ninian Smart's "dimensional" scheme divides the various aspects of religious traditions into seven dimensions, which include

doctrinal and ritual.

causal and reactionary.

artistic and architectural.

sacred and profane.

. The world religion that most emphasize doctrines is

Buddhism.

Christianity.

Hinduism.

Judaism.

. Globalization is

the linking and intermixing of cultures.

imperial expansion and domination.

the embrace of a common religion worldwide.

the tendency to understand the world cultures in a new way thanks to new technologies.

. The capacity for seeing things from another's perspective is

audacity.

complacency.

empathy.

synchronicity.

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