Test 1

Question 1

Religion began on a very ____ in childlike level from which it evolved to greater levels of _____

Answer 1

Primitive

Complexity

Question 2

Mana

Answer 2

Is described as a basic feeling, a general awareness of a spiritual force in the world.

Question 3

Anism

Answer 3

Recognizes many forces

Question 4

Polytheism

Answer 4

Recognizes many gods, what are vastly superior to spirits.

Question 5

Henotheism

Answer 5

Is the stage where people recognize many different gods as real, but we’re simply one.

Question 6

Monotheism

Answer 6

Is the notion that there is only one God, usually described as the created the world in vastly superior in all respects to any creature.

Question 7

The biggest problem with the evolutionary model of religion is that the kind of development it describes has never been ______

Answer 7

Observed

Question 8

Original Montheisn

Answer 8

1. Original monotheism located the beginnings of religion in God
2. The reality of God preceded human awareness of God.
3. People respond to God’s self-discloser, and religion came into existence
   > founded in Genesis,

Question 9

Virtually every religious culture carries a _____ of monotheism.

Answer 9

Fragment

Question 10

As monotheism was left behind, _______ and ______ increased.

Answer 10

Ritual

Question 11

Once monotheism is abandoned, change usually _____ to occur.

Answer 11

Continues

Question 12

Religions, like living _____, are born into history, grow and mature into living traditions, and often affect the lives of hundreds of millions of followers.

Answer 12

Organisms

Question 13

Religions seldom remain _____. They tend to change their forms and characteristics over time, space, and history.

Answer 13

Static

Question 14

Some religions give birth to ____ movements form within.

Answer 14

Reform

Question 15

Other religions are formed by _____ certain features of several religions.

Answer 15

Combining

Question 16

Some religions build upon the ____ others

Answer 16

Foundation

Question 17

Top 5 organized religions

Answer 17

Christianity - 2.2 billion 33%
Muslims- 1.6 billion 23%
Hindus- 1 billion 15%
Buddhist- nearly 500 million 7%
Jews- 14 million 0.2%

Question 18

Judaism

Answer 18

14 million

Question 19

Who is the founder?

Answer 19

Abraham

Question 20

Covenant with Abraham involved

Answer 20

People
A place
A purpose

Question 21

First Jewish commonwealth

Answer 21

Next >

Question 22

This period is reckoned from the time Moses received the ___ on Mount Sinai until the distraction of Judah and exile under the ____

Answer 22

Law

Babylonians

Question 23

The second Jewish commonwealth

Answer 23

Next

Question 24

This period begins with the of the _____ temple after the Babylonian exile and extends through the destruction of the temple by the ____

Answer 24

Rebuilding

Romans

Question 25

The tanakh was arranged in three major divisions

Answer 25

Law, Prophets , writings

Question 26

Torah means

Answer 26

Law are learning and specifically means the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible

Question 27

More generally, the Torah includes the entire_____ _____

Answer 27

Old Testament

Question 28

Talmud means _____, and is a collection of studies and interpretations of the Torah made by Jewish rabbis

Answer 28

Study

Question 29

Deuteronomy 6:4

Answer 29

Here, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one

Question 30

The synagogue is a house of _____ and much more

Answer 30

Worship

Question 31

The Sabbath begins with sunset on ______ evening and ends on sunset on ____ evening

Answer 31

Friday, Saturday

Question 32

Jewish New Years

Answer 32

Rosh Hashanah

Question 33

Day of Atonement

Answer 33

Yom Kippur

Question 34

Passover

Answer 34

In memory of their deliverance from slavery in Egypt

Question 35

Tree major branches

Answer 35

Orthodox Judaism Reform Judaism Conservative Judaism

Question 36

A religion is a system of ____ and ____ that by means of its ____ directs a person towards _____ and, thus, provides ___ and coherence to a persons life.

Answer 36

``` Beliefs Practices ____ Transcendence Meaning ```