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In this test bank for Living Religions, Ninth Edition, there is a new system for identifying the difficulty of the
questions. Questions are now tagged according to the four levels of learning that help organize the text. Think
of these four levels as moving from lower-level to higher-level cognitive reasoning. The four levels are:
Types of Questions
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Multiple
Blank/Short True/False Essay Total Questions
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Answer
Remember 5 8 4 17
Understand 2 5 6 13
Apply 3 3 6
Analyze 4 3 7
10 20 10 3 43
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1. The word religion probably means to __________.
(REMEMBER; answer: tie back or to tie again; page 2)
2. The word spirituality refers to __________.
(REMEMBER; answer: the inner dimensions of religion – such as experiences, beliefs, and values; page 2)
3. The discipline that attempts to understand and compare religious patterns found around the world is known as
__________.
(REMEMBER; answer: comparative religion; page 10)
4. Those who claim they worship the only true deity are known as __________.
(REMEMBER; answer: exclusivist; page 11)
5. The belief that there is no deity is called __________.
(REMEMBER; answer: atheism; page 11)
6. Symbolic stories that communities use to explain the universe and their place within it are called
__________.
(REMEMBER; answer: myth; page 17)
7. The __________ theory holds that scientific discoveries of the complexities and perfections of life can be
said to prove the existence of a creator.
(REMEMBER; answer: intelligent design; page 24)
8. The rare quality of personal magnetism often ascribed to founders of religion is called __________.
(REMEMBER; answer: charisma; page 28)
9. Describe the point of view of scientific materialism.
(UNDERSTAND; answer: This materialistic point of view is that the supernatural is imagined by humans- only
the material world exists; page 3)
10. Describe a functional perspective on religion.
(UNDERSTAND; answer: A functional perspective is that religions “do things” for us, such as helping us to
define ourselves and making the world and life comprehensible to us; page 4)
11. Demonstrate how dogma helps people find security in their religions.
(APPLY; answer: Dogma is a system of doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true and accepted as such, even if
they lie beyond the domain of one’s personal experiences. Absolute faith provides people with a sense of
rootedness, meaning, and orderliness; page 7)
12. Illustrate how encounters with Unseen Reality might occur within spiritual traditions.
(APPLY; answer: States such as enlightenment, realization, illumination, satori, awakening, etc. may arise
spontaneously, as in near-death experiences, or they may be induced by meditation, fasting prayer, chanting,
drugs, or dancing; page 8)
13. Compare the terms sacred and profane.
(ANALYZE; answer: Profane is the everyday world of seemingly random, ordinary, and unimportant
occurrences. The sacred is the realm of extraordinary, apparently purposeful, but generally imperceptible forces;
page 10)
14. Compare the terms immanent and transcendent.
(ANALYZE; answer: Immanent refers to the experience of reality as it is present in the world. Transcendent
refers to that which exists outside the material universe; page 10)
15. Distinguish between monotheistic and polytheistic religions.
(ANALYZE; answer: If the Divine Being is worshipped as a singular form, the religion is called monotheistic.
If many attributes and forms of the divine are emphasized, the religion may be labeled polytheistic; page 10)
16. Compare the perspectives of agnosticism and secularism.
(ANALYZE; answer: An agnostic does not deny the divine but feels “I don’t know whether it exists or not.” A
secularist goes about daily life without any reference to religion, and all focus is on the material world; pages
12-13)
17. Explain how globalization is pressuring traditional religious understandings.
(UNDERSTAND; answer: Local cultures and community ties have rapidly given way to hybrid homogenized
patterns that have evolved in countries such as the United States (e.g., “McDonaldization); page 18)
18. Explain historical-critical studies as an approach to studying scriptures.
(UNDERSTAND; answer: These are academic attempts to reconstruct the historical life stories of prophets and
their cultures as opposed to legends about them, and to subject the scriptures to objective analysis; page 20)
19. Describe the effects of patriarchal institutionalized religions on women.
(APPLY; answer: In such religions, women are often relegated to the fringes of the organizations and given
only supporting roles. Some traditions hold that women are incapable of spiritual realization or are dangerous to
men’s spiritual lives; page 26)
20. Explain the term hermeneutics.
(UNDERSTAND; answer: Hermeneutics covers not only exegesis of written texts, but it also delves into past
conditions such as prior understandings and suppositions, making it intersubjective; page 29)
Multiple Choice
21. Attempts to define religion are difficult because __________.
a. religions did not exist until the nineteenth century
b. it is too difficult to study spiritual experience
c. religion is a complex and elusive topic that involves institutional, cultural, and spiritual dimensions
d. no one can prove whether God exists
(APPLY; answer: c; page 3)
22. Scientific materialism asserts that __________.
a. religion and science are compatible
b. the supernatural is real
c. only the material world exists
d. mysticism is a means of gaining knowledge of the material world
(REMEMBER; answer: c; page 3)
23. An allegory is an effective kind of religious narrative because it __________.
a. gives a scientific description of a spiritual phenomenon
b. uses symbolic language to convey an abstract idea
c. distinguishes between the sacred and the profane
d. provides easy stories to remember
(APPLY; answer: b; page 16)
24. The psychologist Carl Jung proposed that the reason there are similarities among symbols in different
cultures is __________.
a. symbols involve logical associations with the natural world
b. cultures have borrowed symbols from one another
c. there are a limited number of symbols available
d. humanity has a collective unconscious, a global psychic inheritance of archetypal symbols
(REMEMBER; answer: d; page 16)
25. Redaction refers to the __________ of scripture.
a. editing
b. rejection
c. interpretation
d. sacredness
(REMEMBER; answer: a; page 20)
26. Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species propounded the theory of __________.
a. fundamentalism
b. scientific materialism
c. dualism
d. evolution by natural selection
(REMEMBER; answer: d; page 21)
27. Metaphysics is important to religion because it __________.
a. studies the natural world
b. proves creationism as an explanation for the natural world
c. proves the scientific materialism approach to the natural world
d. theorizes about the subtle realities that transcend the natural world
(APPLY; answer: d; page 24)
28. In patriarchal institutionalized religions, women have been __________.
a. most often at the center of religious rituals
b. totally absent from the religion itself
c. relegated to the fringes of religious organizations
d. equal participants with men in the religion
(UNDERSTAND; answer: c; page 26)
29. Phenomenology is the __________.
a. study of religious practices to comprehend their meaning for practitioners
b. belief that there are many deities
c. doctrines proclaimed as absolutely true
d. wisdom that is thought to come from direct experience of Ultimate Reality
(REMEMBER; answer: a; page 29)
30. Listening to people of all faiths tell their stories is important to the study of religion because __________.
a. personal stories are more interesting than scholarly articles
b. organized religion may exaggerate the problem of guilt
c. intersubjective dialogue provides a means for the extension of one’s own possibilities for growth and
understanding
d. religion is too political
(UNDERSTAND; answer: c; page 30)
True/False
31. By definition, all religions have creedal statements of belief.
(UNDERSTAND; answer: false; page 2)
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d’étroits intérêts et de longues rancunes de caste.
Enfin, il y a le patriote échauffé, le bon patriote, comme ils disent.
Oh ! ceux-là sont les grands coupables. D’autant plus inexcusables
que, tout en versant de chaudes larmes sur l’abandon des grands
idéals du passé, sur la montée de l’individualisme, ils suivent, eux
aussi, dans le terre-à-terre de la vie, l’humble morale du bonheur. Ils
n’ont jamais été profondément influencés par la foi qu’ils professent.
Dans l’existence, ils se conduisent comme de simples pacifistes.
Tout en maudissant le progrès, ils en usent. Mais non, ils ne veulent
pas en convenir. Ah ! ceux-là, pourquoi ne peut-on pas leur crier que
le culte de la personne humaine — ce culte qu’ils servent pour eux-
mêmes — entraîne celui de la collectivité, mais non point d’une
collectivité réduite à un coin de terre.
Je maudis leur doctrine de haine. Ils veulent chasser l’étranger,
ses représentants, ses produits. Qu’adviendrait-il donc de notre
richesse, si l’étranger appliquait la loi du talion, supprimait le
bienfaisant échange ? Je les maudis de battre monnaie avec un
idéal qu’ils considèrent comme sacré, en mettant au jour des
romans, des pièces — dont ils touchent les droits — qui exploitent
un chauvinisme exaspéré. Je maudis le patriote de table d’hôte,
celui qui décerne des diplômes de bon français, qui les détient, qui
en a le monopole. Celui qui veut sur la nappe un pot de moutarde
français, bien français. Et qui louche sur son voisin dès que la
courbe de son nez ne lui paraît pas bien française. Celui qui ravale
l’homme au rang de la bête, en le poussant à foncer sur quiconque
ne lui ressemble pas. Oh ! celui-là, j’appelle de tous mes vœux sa
disparition de la surface de la terre. Je n’ai de haine que pour la
haine…
CHAPITRE PREMIER
DE L’ÉDUCATION : PRINCIPES ET MOYENS D’ACTION
Pour améliorer une race, il ne faut guère compter sur les lois, qui
ne sont que l’enjeu des luttes de partis. Il faut agir directement sur
ses mœurs. C’est l’œuvre de chacun, qui tient ainsi un peu de
l’avenir dans ses mains. Et l’action la plus facile, la plus logique, la
plus urgente, ne doit-elle pas s’exercer sur l’éducation, par
l’éducation ?
Il faut insister sur cette idée qu’en ne punissant pas les enfants,
on leur évite de mentir. En effet, ils emploient le mensonge comme
un bouclier. Ils se dissimulent derrière lui. C’est un moyen de cacher
la faute et d’éviter le châtiment. Si, lorsqu’ils ont commis une
maladresse, cassé quelque objet, ils savent qu’en l’avouant on ne
les grondera pas, qu’on ne les frappera pas, qu’on leur dira
simplement : « Ce n’est pas bien. Tâche de faire attention », qu’on
leur représentera le prix des choses, le soin qu’il en faut avoir, dans
ce cas-là, ils avoueront, ils ne mentiront pas. Ils auront acquis, pour
l’avenir, le précieux bénéfice de la franchise.
Argent.
Cette formule d’un fort banquier m’a toujours frappé et vaut qu’on
la creuse et la médite : « Si je n’étais pas honnête par nature, je le
serais par intérêt. »
Oui, c’est notre intérêt d’être honnête. C’est l’habileté suprême,
quoi qu’il y paraisse.
Ménage.
Une femme doit connaître à peu près le prix des choses que sa
cuisinière achète. Sans quoi, comment modérer la danse du panier ?
Un excellent entraînement pour l’adolescente, c’est d’accompagner
parfois la domestique aux Halles.
Et puis, il faut pouvoir au besoin mettre la main à la pâte,
connaître des principes et un peu de pratique culinaires. La patronne
qui réprimande sa cuisinière sans rien savoir du métier, manque
autant de prestige et frise autant le ridicule qu’un ingénieur qui
reprend un ouvrier sans pouvoir saisir l’outil et lui montrer comment
s’en servir.
De la parure.