Review for Mid Term Examination

Below you find a sample examination to enable students to review work for the mid term examination:

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Introduction to the Religions of the World
Religion 101 – C2 (2008-2009)
Mid Term Examination (SAMPLE ONLY)
October 15, 2008 Time: 2.00-2.50 PM

Part I Answer all

1. Those who claim they worship the only true deity are known as ____________________.

2. _______________ are persons who say they have no adequate evidence to believe in God.

3. According to Ninian Smart religion is a seven-dimensional organism. And the seven dimensions are: ritual, _______________, mythical or narrative, experimental or emotional, ethical or legal, organisational or social, materiel or artistic.

4. The author of the religious classic titled The Idea of Holy is _______________.

5. P.D. Devanandan, an Indian scholar of Hinduism, used to say every religion has three basic parts known as culture, cultus, and ______________.

6. “Religion is what the individual does with his solitariness”. Who said this? ________________________.

7. Torah consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and ________________.

8. Two small square boxes that contain Shema and other paragraphs of the Torah is known as ________________.

9. _______________ is a pointer that Jews use in the synagogue when reading from their Sacred Scriptures.

10. Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, and ____________________ are the four Jewish movements found today in North America.

Part II Answer any one only

1. Discuss the different types of responses to religion, or religions, you are likely to encounter in the community you live.

2. Discuss how the Jewish community balances her growth with her rooted ness in the “revelations” given to the ancient sages by discussing the concept of the sacred writings in the Jewish community.

3. Discuss the major Christian concerns of the following persons: David Vandiver, Blessed Teresa, and Desmond M. Tutu.