Chapter 1 Self Quiz - Fill ins

. Rather than believe God was the directing force of history, Karl Marx believed history to be directed by _______.

. During the modern period, the social authority of religion was undermined by _______.

. Departments of religious studies began to appear in secular American universities in the 1960s in response to the increasing _______ spurred by globalization.

. A _______ is a story accepted by the majority of a society as expressing its beliefs about its origins, destiny, and sacred identity.

. _______ is the belief in the nation as a sacred (most valued) entity.

. In the myths of _______, the goal of religion is thought to be to free humans suffering in a wheel of death and rebirth.

. Many scholars of the Modern era believed that an increasing reliance on science would cause civilization to become increasingly _______.

. The political, social, cultural, and economic domination of one society by another is called _______.

. Postmodernists may argue that not only religion but also _______ is an imaginative interpretation of the world rather than final truth about reality.

. A _______, medium, or oracle uses trance to communicate with sacred ancestors and the supernatural.

. The highest goal of the myths of _______ is to overcome the bondage of suffering in life.

. The two different religions that emerged in China to restore balance in society and the universe were _______ and Confucianism.

. A _______ is a symbolic story about the origins of the world and what determines the destiny of human beings.

. _______ interpretations of symbolic religious stories can lead to great confusion and/or misunderstanding.

. _______ is a term for the belief of the central doctrines set forth in texts and formulated by scholars.

. In most religious traditions, _______ and morality are closely intertwined.

. _______, the domination of one society by another, is part of the story of virtually all religions and civilizations.

. The idea that any human understanding of religious truth and practice can be subject to historical change and development is a view distinctly held by _______.

. The authors call a particular moment in which pre-modern religious traditions clashed with modern worldview an Encounter with _______.

. In the postmodern world, every religious person is a _______, because we all "choose" our religious identity.

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