Deck 7: New Religions and Movements

Question 1

Soka Gakkai developed from ________.

A) Tibetan Buddhism
B) Pure Land Buddhism
C) Hinduism
D) Zen Buddhism

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Falun Dafa means ________.

A) the Wheel of Energy
B) Energy of the Wheel of Law
C) the Law of Energy
D) Law of the Energy System

Answer 2

B

Question 3

ISKCON has been particularly successful in ________.

A) Russia
B) the United States
C) Japan
D) Sweden

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Philip S. Berg was the founder of ________.

A) the Western branch of Soka Gakkai
B) the Nation of Islam
C) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
D) the Kabbalah Centre

Question 5

Mormons are not allowed to drink ________.

A) fruit juice
B) water
C) green or black tea
D) non-alcoholic beer

Question 6

Immediately after high school, young Mormon adults are expected to ________.

A) become missionaries
B) get a job
C) get married
D) go to university

Question 7

Baha'u'llah's purpose was to ________.

A) bring salvation
B) unify the world
C) purify the faith
D) bring happiness

Question 8

For followers of Baha'i, ________.

A) women are to enjoy limited rights and opportunities
B) women are seen as superior to men
C) women are to enjoy rights and opportunities equal to men
D) women are seen as subservient to men

Question 9

The men who developed the theology of the Nation of Islam were most familiar with ________.

A) Malcolm X
B) the Qur'an
C) the writings of African Muslims
D) the Christian Bible

Question 10

The Nation of Islam referred to Elijah Muhammad as ________.

A) the Authority
B) the Messenger
C) the incarnation of Allah
D) the founder of the Nation of Islam

Question 11

Wallace Muhammad moved the Nation of Islam closer to ________.

A) Ismail'i Islam
B) Twelver Shi'i Islam
C) Protestant Christianity
D) Sunni Islam

Question 12

Kabbalists experience God in the world as ________.

A) fighting the battle between the spiritual good and the material evil
B) the energy that underlies and permeates all things
C) incarnated in Jesus Christ
D) a charismatic leader

Question 13

Wicca emerged in England ________.

A) at the turn of the twentieth century
B) in the 1940s
C) at the turn of the twenty-first century
D) in the 1700s

Question 14

For the Raëlians, the Tower of Babel was ________.

A) a myth
B) a spaceship
C) a tower built to reach the heavens
D) the location of Raël's first encounter with Yahweh

Question 15

According to the Raëlians, the resurrection of Jesus is attributed to ________.

A) a miracle
B) a myth
C) reincarnation
D) cloning

Question 16

The Raëlian symbol is ________.

A) a circle
B) a pentagram
C) a swastika
D) a nebula

Question 17

Raëlians are encouraged to ________.

A) celebrate sensuality
B) teach evolution
C) use drugs
D) get married

Question 18

According to some New Age thinkers, the dawning of the Age of Aquarius will usher in ________.

A) a communion with alien souls
B) a universal religion
C) free love
D) an age of war before the age of peace

Question 19

Deepak Chopra is known for ________.

A) teaching the practices of mesmerism
B) teaching the compatibility of ayurvedic medicine with Western medicine
C) introducing Sufism to the Western world
D) founding the New Age movement

Question 20

The New Age religion, Eckankar, gets its name from ________.

A) Islam
B) Judaism
C) Hinduism
D) Sikhism

Question 21

________ is known for advocating for the Hare Krishna movement.

A) George Harrison
B) Richard Gere
C) Madonna
D) Tom Cruise

Question 22

________ is known for advocating for the Kabbalah Centre.

A) George Harrison
B) Tom Cruise
C) Madonna
D) Richard Gere

Question 23

The term Ein Sof refers to ________.

A) the continuous series of prophets, according to the Baha'i faith
B) the souls of aliens within human bodies, according to Scientology
C) the infinite nature of God, according to the Kabbalah Centre
D) the aliens who created human life, according to the Raëlian Movement

Question 24

Ideally, every Wiccan service would be held ________.

A) in the dark
B) in a home
C) in a Temple
D) outdoors

Question 25

In Scientology, the term "squirrels" refers to ________.

A) the souls of aliens
B) those in advanced training
C) heretics
D) Christians

Question 26

Scientology has come under scrutiny and criticism because ________.

A) it recruits celebrities
B) it is based on Freudian psychology
C) every step costs money
D) it advocates free love

Question 27

Falun Dafa practitioners seek ________.

A) spiritual purification through meditation and qigong exercises
B) physical purification through meditation and qigong exercises
C) both physical and spiritual purification through meditation and qigong exercises
D) psychological wellness through meditation and qigong exercises

Question 28

The Hare Krishna movement ________.

A) was a Western mission of Shaiva Hinduism
B) was a Western mission of Vaishnava Hinduism
C) was the result of missionaries who came from Sri Lanka
D) was brought first to the West by missionaries based out of Nevada

Question 29

Baha'i devotions at the monthly feasts feature ________.

A) playing of organ music
B) dancing in circles
C) speaking in tongues
D) a cappella singing but no instrumental music

Question 30

Raëlian cosmology ________.

A) has similar features with Islamic cosmology
B) is nothing like that of traditional Christianity
C) is similar to that of Baha'i
D) replicates the traditional Christian cosmology

Question 31

Kabbalists ________.

A) do not interpret the Bible literally
B) apply literary criticism to the Bible
C) receive individual revelations while reading the Bible
D) interpret the Bible literally

Question 32

The Kabbalah Centre claims that its spiritual understanding ________.

A) fulfills other religions
B) is the final revelation of God
C) is the only revelation to integrate modern scientific understanding to numerology
D) is the penultimate revelation before the coming of Elijah

Question 33

Raëlians reject ________.

A) the theory of intelligent design
B) all scientific principles
C) the theory of evolution
D) the Third Way

Question 34

Baha'i sacred texts do not include ________.

A) The Book of Certitude
B) The Most Holy Book
C) The Pearl of Great Price
D) The Seven Valleys

Question 35

Wallace Fard's version of Islam ________.

A) resembled Christianity
B) drew on Mahayana Buddhism
C) drew from both the Sunni and the Shi'i traditions
D) bore little resemblance to either the Sunni or the Shi'i tradition

Question 36

The Nation of Islam ________.

A) has been called a millenarian movement
B) is focused on the destruction of the United States
C) is committed to educating black students
D) is focused on killing white people in the name of Allah

Question 37

Scientology ________.

A) holds to a dynamic understanding of cosmic change
B) does not accept reincarnation
C) believes in reincarnation
D) preserves the teachings of the Bible

Question 38

In order to spread the teachings of the Church of Scientology Hubbard

A) concentrated on people with a great deal of money
B) concentrated on high-profile celebrities to promote his teachings
C) concentrated on well-educated converts who promoted his teachings in the university
D) concentrated on the scientific community to promote his teachings

Question 39

The definitional lines between a cult and a sect are very distinct.

Question 40

There are hundreds of new religions and movements in the West.

Question 41

The belief in an energy flowing through the body and the various ways to strengthen it have been part of both Chinese and Western cultures for centuries.

Question 42

In early years ISKCON discouraged any contact between devotees and their former friends and family.

Question 43

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sees itself as a "new religion."

Question 44

Baha'is believe the writings of Baha'u'llah to be God's inspired revelation for this age.

Question 45

The Kabbalah Centre does not require members to give up their other religious identities.

Question 46

Scientologists are encouraged to study the Bible. This is called "training."

Question 47

By the 1980s, the term "New Age" had become a short-hand term for a cluster of trends that included expectations of worldly success.

Question 48

Falun Dafa developed in the 1990s from a Chinese Buddhist tradition.

Question 49

Falun Dafa practitioners are said to develop a falun or "law wheel" in the abdomen.

Question 50

ISKCON teaches that the soul is not eternal and not subject to reincarnation.

Question 51

ISKCON established farms worked the land in ways consistent with ancient Hindu ways.

Question 52

The Church of Latter-day Saints can be classed as neither as a branch of Protestant Christianity nor as a new religion developing out of Christianity.

Question 53

A branch of Mormons renamed themselves the Community of Christ.

Question 54

A central Mormon doctrine stipulates that God is increasing in perfection as human beings improve.

Question 55

The roots of Baha'i lie in the eschatology of Iranian Shi'ism.

Question 56

Malcolm X was a member and leader of ISKCON who advocated for Black Power.

Question 57

Scientologists experience God in the world as the energy that underlies and permeates all things.

Question 58

Why did Malcolm Little take on the surname X?

Question 59

Who is Xenu, according to Scientology?

Question 60

How do Raëlians interpret the story of Noah and the flood?

Question 61

What are three rituals found in Wicca?

Question 62

What does the new religion of Eckankar believe?