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Religion 1000 Chapter 1 QuizEssentialism - correct answer-ancient philosophical view that the things we see in the world
express unchanging forms
perennialism - correct answer-belief that there is one religion underlying what appears to be
many religions—that all religions are, in essence, one
What major religions do, and do not, place an emphasis upon the role of belief? - correct
answer-Christianity is the only major religion that puts emphasis on belief. Beliefs matter less
in other religions, where they are rarely pressed and processed into formal statements of
belief
What role does story or narrative play in all religions? - correct answer-All religions are story
systems; these stories are so powerful that they have managed to last for millennia; the
stories told inform religions' beliefs, practices, and ethical codes which then double back on
those stories in an infinite loop of invention; stories animate beliefs and practices alike;
stories are universal and easy to understand
According to Prothero, why should religion matter, and for whom? - correct answer-Anyone
who wants to understand the world—as a politician, an entrepreneur, a psychologist, or a
citizen—needs to take account of religion's powers; religion effects all aspects of life and
effects all people
What intellectual strategies are included in a scholarly approach to studying religion? -
correct answer-knowledge about the world's religions, empathetic understanding, critical
engagement, a comparative approach; bracketing (This method challenges us to
momentarily set aside our own attitudes and beliefs in order to examine whatever we are
examining in as unbiased a manner as possible.)
What is "essentialism" in the study of religion? - correct answer-essentializing
something—turning it over and over in the mind until it becomes an unchanging "essence."
What is the Religious Literacy Project? What does it aim to do, and how? - correct
answer-Professor Diane Moore and Harvard Divinity School's Religious Literacy Project
developed a useful list of principles for students of religion. It offers three core assertions
about the world's religions: 1.) Religions are internally diverse, as opposed to uniform. 2.)
Religions evolve and change over time, as opposed to being ahistorical and static 3.)
religious influences are embedded in all dimensions of culture, as opposed to [functioning] in
discrete, isolated, "private," contexts
What does Prothero argue with regard to generalizations and the study of religion? - correct
answer-in introductory courses and textbooks, generalizations are essential; The ancient
Greek philosopher Heraclitus was right when he said you cannot step in the same river
twice, because on your second approach the river has changed and so have you; we need
to remind ourselves that religions are internally diverse and change over time.
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