Question 1

One of the newest disciplines in the modern university is the academic study of _______.

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Question 2

_______ of 1965 drastically increased diversity of immigrant populations and trend of globalization in the United States.

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Question 3

Rather than believe God was the directing force of history, Karl Marx believed history to be directed by _______.

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Question 4

Max Müller argued that "the person who knows only one religion understands _______."

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Question 5

During the modern period, the social authority of religion was undermined by _______.

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Question 6

Departments of religious studies began to appear in secular American universities in the 1960s in response to the increasing _______ spurred by globalization.

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Question 7

In regard to religion, a Postmodernist might seek to affirm the role of religion in a manner which embraces _______.

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Question 8

A _______ is a story accepted by the majority of a society as expressing its beliefs about its origins, destiny, and sacred identity.

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Question 9

_______ is the belief in the nation as a sacred (most valued) entity.

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Question 10

In the myths of _______, the goal of religion is thought to be to free humans suffering in a wheel of death and rebirth.

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Question 11

The myths of history characterize the goal of life as peace and justice through _______ with the will of God.

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Question 12

Many scholars of the Modern era believed that an increasing reliance on science would cause civilization to become increasingly _______.

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Question 13

Religion is about what people hold _______, what matters more than anything else to them.

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Question 14

The political, social, cultural, and economic domination of one society by another is called _______.

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Question 15

Postmodernists may argue that not only religion but also _______ is an imaginative interpretation of the world rather than final truth about reality.

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Question 16

A _______, medium, or oracle uses trance to communicate with sacred ancestors and the supernatural.

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Question 17

The highest goal of the myths of _______ is to overcome the bondage of suffering in life.

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Question 18

The two different religions that emerged in China to restore balance in society and the universe were _______ and Confucianism.

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Question 19

A _______ is a symbolic story about the origins of the world and what determines the destiny of human beings.

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Question 20

Myths of blissful liberation primarily originate in _______.

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Quiz 1: Introduction: Understanding World Religions in Global Perspective