Rel 100 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Rel 100 Midterm ReviewA cult is a group generally regarded as differing from generally accepted religious institutions of a culture. - correct answer False Sects are not only in conflict with their parent religion but also at odds with the surrounding culture. - correct answer True The Ultimate may be seen as the Something upon which everything that exists rest. - correct answer False Nonreligious systems that organize and give meaning to people's lives have been called "materia...

REL 100 Final Exam Question and answers 100% correct REL 100 Final Exam •It was the original established church - correct answer Church of England/ American establishment- •Comes to America looking for religious freedom - correct answer Dissenters (Puritans, Quakers, Baptists)- •Wanted to model New England on Calvin's Geneva - correct answer New England Puritans- •1st governor of Massachusetts bay colony - correct answer John Winthrop- •· going against Hitler -...

Rel 100 Unit 2 Exam Question and answers already passed Rel 100 Unit 2 Exam What are the five major religions of the world and what percent do they make up? - correct answer Christianity - 1/3 of the population; 33% Islam - 21%; growing quickly Hinduism - 14% Buddhism - 6% Judaism -0.22%; Christianity and Islam come from this What percentage of people consider themselves nonreligious and what does this mean and where is it growing fastest? - correct answer 16%; they have no member...

REL 100 Final Exam Question and answers correctly solved REL 100 Final Exam Abraham is believed to be a part of the ancient history of all of the following religions, EXCEPT - correct answer Hinduism Which of the following pillars of Islam takes place for one month each year? - correct answer fasting Religious fundamentalism is an example of - correct answer exclusivism If something bad happens to you and you believe you deserved if because of something bad you did, you are ref...

REL 100 Question and answers 100% correct REL 100-EXAM #1 Phenomenology view of Religion - correct answer Accepts religion as an enduring human phenomenon, which can be studied and appreciated as a phenomenon, on its own terms, without seeking to explain its origins nor judge as to whether it is true or false Reductionist - correct answer Attempts to understand the origins of religion and to explain religion in terms of its significance and function in society, typically explaining or ...

REL 100 Final Exam Abraham is believed to be a part of the ancient history of all of the following religions, EXCEPT - correct answer Hinduism Which of the following pillars of Islam takes place for one month each year? - correct answer fasting Religious fundamentalism is an example of - correct answer exclusivism If something bad happens to you and you believe you deserved if because of something bad you did, you are reflecting - correct answer karma Marx said that religion...

REL 100 Exam 2 Question and answers correctly solved REL 100 Exam 2 A sacred story must be historically true in order to be meaningful - correct answer False Which Hindu text teaches the idea of karma and reincarnation, the illusion of reality, and that the there is only one absolute reality that constitutes the Real Self, identical with the human self or atman. - correct answer Upanishads The Bible and other sacred texts, typically begin as oral tradition and do not take written fo...

REL 100Agent - correct answer term used to refer to a being assumed to be intentional, that is, one who has motivations that inspires actions Anthropomorphism - correct answer to ascribe a human form or human qualities and traits to non-human things (a dead person talking) Anxiety - correct answer in the work of Sigmund Freud this term identifies the byproduct that accumulates within a herons's psyche when they fail to act on natural impulses Belief - correct answer central to ...

Rel 100 Unit 2 Exam What are the five major religions of the world and what percent do they make up? - correct answer Christianity - 1/3 of the population; 33% Islam - 21%; growing quickly Hinduism - 14% Buddhism - 6% Judaism -0.22%; Christianity and Islam come from this What percentage of people consider themselves nonreligious and what does this mean and where is it growing fastest? - correct answer 16%; they have no membership in a religion but do believe that there is a higher p...

REL 100 Final Exam•It was the original established church - correct answer Church of England/ American establishment- •Comes to America looking for religious freedom - correct answer Dissenters (Puritans, Quakers, Baptists)- •Wanted to model New England on Calvin's Geneva - correct answer New England Puritans- •1st governor of Massachusetts bay colony - correct answer John Winthrop- •· going against Hitler - correct answer Barmen Declaration •Founder of Rho...