Skip to content(RELI 448N Week 4 Midterm)
- Question: A worldview that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits is … :
- Question: The belief that reality is made of two different principles is … :
- Question: An analytical approach that looks for universal structures that underlie language, mental processes, mythologies, kinship, and religions is … :
- Question: The outsider’s view, which attempts to take as objective an approach as possible to the study of religion, is:
- Question: The female divine is an important element in the religions of India. Which of the following is not a form of the goddess in Hinduism?
- Question: Vishnu has ten major incarnations … :
- Question: Which of the following is not one of the 4 Life Stages of Hinduism?
- Question: The physical postures and practices that we most associate with the term “yoga” are more accurately … :
- Question: Ritual offerings in honor of a deity are … :
- Question: The spiritual essence of the universe is … :
- Question: In Hinduism, that which keeps us from seeing reality correctly is:
- Question: The Buddha who is … to appear on Earth in the future is:
- Question: This term literally means impermanence:
- Question: A term for the cycle of birth, old age, sickness, death, and rebirth:
- Question: A sacred text that records the words of the Buddha is … a:
- Question: The approach to Buddhism that rejects the personal quest for enlightenment, instead embracing the idea that enlightenment must … universally shared by all sentient … :
- Question: The school of Buddhism that focuses on meditation and monastic discipline, calling itself the “Way of the Elders,” is:
- Question: The receptive aspect of reality that expresses itself in silence, darkness, and coolness is … :
- Question: Doing only what comes spontaneously and naturally is … :
- Question: All of the following are Confucian virtues except:
- Question: Compare and contrast Carl Gustav Jung’s theory about the origin of religions with William James’s theory. How do each of these psychologists view religion (positively or negatively)? Next, analyze how the insights of Jung or James might illuminate one of the religious traditions we have studied so far. How would Jung or James understand that tradition? Use specific examples to support your answer (e.g., a specific belief or ritual).
