Question 1

Matching: The letter of the correct definition given in the space provided.
-Monism

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A)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow outside of and beyond the world.
B)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow within the world, though mysteriously.
C)   Describing Ultimate Being in terms that sound like human characteristics.
D)   A term for belief in a holy being that is impersonal, abstract, and diffused.
E)   A term for belief in a holy being that is personal, with intentions, thoughts, and emotions.F)  A term meaning "final" or "at the end," describing that than which there is nothing greater.G) A) and D)
H) D) and E)

Question 2

Matching: The letter of the correct definition given in the space provided.
-Immanent

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A)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow outside of and beyond the world.
B)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow within the world, though mysteriously.
C)   Describing Ultimate Being in terms that sound like human characteristics.
D)   A term for belief in a holy being that is impersonal, abstract, and diffused.
E)   A term for belief in a holy being that is personal, with intentions, thoughts, and emotions.F)  A term meaning "final" or "at the end," describing that than which there is nothing greater.G) All of the above
H) B) and F)

Question 3

What is the definition of the following term:
-pantheism:

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A monistic view of Ultimate Be...

Question 4

What is the definition of the following term:
-monism:

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Belief in an ultimate reality that is single and unique, a final single substance of being or existence, but not personified or relational.

Question 5

In chapter 2, the text distinguishes between monotheism and monism. Give an example of a monotheistic Ultimate Being and a monistic Ultimate Being and note how the two are alike. Then especially note how they are different.

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A monotheistic Ultimate Being is the God...

Question 6

What is the definition of the following term:
-void/emptiness:

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A Buddhist notion of the ultim...

Question 7

"Nirguna Brahman" is defined in the text as an Ultimate Being that has no qualities and yet is considered to be the energy or substance behind what we see and touch.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Matching: The letter of the correct definition given in the space provided.
-Theism

Accepted Answer

A)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow outside of and beyond the world.
B)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow within the world, though mysteriously.
C)   Describing Ultimate Being in terms that sound like human characteristics.
D)   A term for belief in a holy being that is impersonal, abstract, and diffused.
E)   A term for belief in a holy being that is personal, with intentions, thoughts, and emotions.F)  A term meaning "final" or "at the end," describing that than which there is nothing greater.G) E) and F)
H) C) and F)

Question 9

Describing the Ultimate Being as "all knowing" may

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A)   be most consistent with a concept of theism rather than monism.
B)   be applied equally to any concept of Ultimate Being.
C)   contradict entirely the concept of Ultimate Being.
D)   be consistent with the creation of the universe in the Big Bang.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

What is the definition of the following term:
-polytheism:

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Belief in ...

Question 11

Matching: The letter of the correct definition given in the space provided.
-Transcendent

Accepted Answer

A)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow outside of and beyond the world.
B)   Describing Ultimate Being as somehow within the world, though mysteriously.
C)   Describing Ultimate Being in terms that sound like human characteristics.
D)   A term for belief in a holy being that is impersonal, abstract, and diffused.
E)   A term for belief in a holy being that is personal, with intentions, thoughts, and emotions.F)  A term meaning "final" or "at the end," describing that than which there is nothing greater.G) C) and D)
H) D) and F)

Question 12

Native religions hold to the idea of animism, that is, spiritual beings that live within nature.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 13

The text says that that the Sacred is "beyond our ability to understand and describe." This aspect of Ultimate Being is made evident in religion by

Accepted Answer

A)   concepts such as Nirguna Brahman, which is said to be without any describable qualities.
B)   admitting that our effort to describe God's qualities may only be analogies, saying what God is like.
C)   trying to describe the Sacred in negative terms, better at saying, for example, what God is not than what God is.
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are essentially strictly monotheistic religions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 15

What is the definition of the following term:
-negative theology:

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The effort to describe Ultimat...

Question 16

The text claimed that belief in simply physical materials is a kind of monistic belief, but it is not religious, because

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A)   it is the belief that only one kind of reality exists, but there is no transmundane quality.
B)   no physicists believe God exists.
C)   scientists generally do not value any aspects of life other than the study of physical, testable things.
D)   science is really materialistic, being only about making money.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

The Dao for Daoism is a concept both immanent and monistic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the definition of the following term:
-analogical description:

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The effort to describe Ultimat...

Question 19

To study religion productively, the author advises us to use words such as "beliefs" or "opinions" rather than the word "truth."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Pantheism suggests that the whole of the natural world is itself, in some sense, God.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Concepts of Ultimate Being

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What is the definition of the following term: -void/emptiness:

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What is the definition of the following term: -negative theology:

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