DSST INTRO TO WORLD RELIGIONS
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The basic teachings of Islam are set down in the - Precise Answer
✔✔Five Pillars
Ahura Mazda is the one and only true God of - Precise Answer
✔✔Zoroastrianism
An important force for Christian unity in the twentieth century was -
Precise Answer ✔✔ecumenism
Marriage is an example of which of the following basic characteristics of
religion? - Precise Answer ✔✔Rite of passage
A difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism is - Precise
Answer ✔✔An emphasis on monasticism, an emphasis on the
compassion of Buddha, the transformation of Siddharta Gautama into an
Ultimate Being, one of many Buddhas, and the belief that the Great
Vehicle has room to transport all souls to nirvana.
The Jews' view of themselves as Yahweh's chosen people resulted from
- Precise Answer ✔✔Yahweh's covenant with Abraham
,Gnosticism's influence on Christianity can be seen in Christianity's -
Precise Answer ✔✔emphasis on the goodness of the spirit over the
evilness of the flesh
A major stumbling block to reconciliation with Protestant groups is the
Roman Catholic Church's - Precise Answer ✔✔doctrine of papal
infallibility
The basis for the split in Islam into Sunni and Shi'a was - Precise
Answer ✔✔Political
The Hindu New Year is - Precise Answer ✔✔Divali
Who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian logic with the existence of
God? - Precise Answer ✔✔Thomas Aquinas
Jen in Confucianism is the - Precise Answer ✔✔quality of human
heartedness
What statement best describes someone who follows Taoism? - Precise
Answer ✔✔A Taoist endeavors to live a simple life
The modern evangelical movement in the United States has been
successful primarily because it - Precise Answer ✔✔provides many
people a counterweight to changing social mores
,A major cause of the schism between Eastern Orthodox and Roman
Churches was the - Precise Answer ✔✔primacy of the pope in
determining matters of Christian doctrine
All of the following are holy cities to Muslims except - Precise Answer
✔✔Baghdad
Monism is an aspect of which of the following - Precise Answer
✔✔Native American religions
The purpose of the Catholic sacrament of Anointing the Sick is to -
Precise Answer ✔✔confer special grace on the gravely ill person
What divisions of Judaism follow the teachings of a rebbe? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Hasidic Jews
Living a life according to dharma will result in - Precise Answer ✔✔a
better birth in the next cycle of rebirth, life, and death
What are aspects of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths? - Precise Answer
✔✔Desire is the cause of all suffering, The Eightfold Path, and all life is
suffering.
The beginning of the caste system in Indian society can be found in the -
Precise Answer ✔✔Law of Manu
, The purpose of the sweat-lodge ceremony is to - Precise Answer
✔✔purify the body and mind
Charitable giving is important to Muslims because it - Precise Answer
✔✔acknowledges that everything belongs to Allah ultimately
While all religions pray, what is not a category of prayer? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Compassion
The primary purpose of the bar mitzvah and the bat mitzvah is to -
Precise Answer ✔✔recognize when a boy and a girl are considered
adults in Judaism
The Protestant Reformation began with - Precise Answer ✔✔Martin
Luther
What is not a teaching of Islam? - Precise Answer ✔✔Hajj at least once
every ten years.
Harmony is the dominant theme of - Precise Answer ✔✔Taoism
A major reason for Guru Nanak's founding of Sikhism was his - Precise
Answer ✔✔rejection of the caste system
Ancestor veneration is not part of which religion? - Precise Answer
✔✔Hinduism
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