Straighterline - REL101: Introduction to
Religion - exam 1 chapters 1,2,3 Questions
And Correct Answers
Agnosticism - answer✔✔"Not know" (Greek); a position asserting
that the existence of God cannot be proven.
Animism - answer✔✔From the Latin anima, meaning "spirit,"
"soul," "life force"; a worldview common among
oral religions (religions with no written scriptures)
that sees all elements of nature as being
filled with spirit or spirits.
Atheism - answer✔✔"Not God" (Greek); a position asserting
that there is no God or gods.
Deconstruction - answer✔✔A technique, pioneered by Jacques
Derrida, that sets aside ordinary categories of
analysis and makes use, instead, of unexpected
perspectives on cultural elements; it can be used
for fi nding underlying values in a text, fi lm,
artwork, cultural practice, or religious phenomenon
Dualism - answer✔✔The belief that reality is made of two different principles (spirit and
matter); the belief in two gods (good and evil) in conflict.
Belief that spirit is inherently separate from nature.
Immanent - answer✔✔Existing and operating within nature.
Nontheism - answer✔✔A position that is unconcerned with the
supernatural, not asserting or denying the existence
of any deity.
Pantheism - answer✔✔The belief that everything in the universe
is divine.
Polytheism - answer✔✔The belief in many gods.
Post-structuralism - answer✔✔An analytical approach that does not seek to find universal
structures that might underlie language, religion, art, or other such significant areas, but focuses
instead on observing carefully the individual elements in cultural phenomena.
Structuralism - answer✔✔An analytical approach that looks for universal structures that underlie
language, mental processes, mythology, kinship, and religions; this approach sees human activity
as largely determined by such underlying structures.
Transcendent - answer✔✔"Climbing beyond" (Latin); beyond time and space.
b. sacredness - answer✔✔Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system, community,
central myths, ritual,ethics, characteristic emotional experiences, material expression, and
____________________.
a. symbolism
b. sacredness
c. dualism
d. deconstruction
c. pantheism - answer✔✔The belief that all is divine is called ____________________.
a. atheism
b. monotheism
c. pantheism
d. agnosticism
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