Chapter Seven Review
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Number 1. Literally, "to dwell within."
Correct Answer: immanent
Number 2. Literally, "above or apart from."
Correct Answer: transcendent
Number 3. the recognition and worship of more than one god or goddess
Correct Answer: polytheism
Number 4. polytheism characterized by a hierarchy in which one god rules over all other gods and goddesses
Correct Answer: monarchical polytheism
Number 5. deity typically found in polytheism who is the creator God, but has withdrawn from involvement in day to day affairs of the world
Correct Answer: sky god
Number 6. goddess who is typically associated with fertility and the change of seasons
Correct Answer: mother goddess
Number 7. In Hinduism, the feminine divine power
Correct Answer: sakti
Number 8. belief that all existing things the divine or God is in present everything
Correct Answer: pantheism
Number 9. belief that the only thing that exists is God
Correct Answer: monism
Number 10. Conceptualization of sacred power as two distinct forces that are either in conflict with one another or that work together to bring balance to the cosmos
Correct Answer: dualism
Number 11. The soul of each individual
Correct Answer: Atman
Number 12. The universal soul
Correct Answer: Brahman
Number 13. Hindu philosopher who advanced the principle of radical non-dualism
Correct Answer: Sankara
Number 14. Hindu school of philosophy that argues for non-duality
Correct Answer: Advaita Vedanta
Number 15. In Chinese religion, the "way" or force that creates and guides all things
Correct Answer: Dao
Number 16. the negative, dark energy of the Dao that is usually associated with the feminine
Correct Answer: Yin
Number 17. the positive, bright energy of the Dao that is associated with the masculine
Correct Answer: yang
Number 18. Religion that arose in ancient Persia
Correct Answer: Zoroastrianism
Number 19. The one, supreme God of Zoroastrianism
Correct Answer: Ahura Mazda
Number 20. The good spirit in Zoroastrianism
Correct Answer: Spenta Mainyu
Number 21. The evil spirit in Zoroastrianism
Correct Answer: Spenta Angra
Number 22. Form of early Christianity that generally held that the material world was created by an inferior God and that salvation came through secret knowledge imparted by Jesus
Correct Answer: Gnosticism
Number 23. Combination of Christianity, Gnosticism, and Zoroastrianism that believed that matter (evil) had corrupted the pure spirit of the soul
Correct Answer: Manicheanism
Number 24. Teacher who founded Manicheanism
Correct Answer: Mani
Number 25. Persian ruler who allowed the exiles to return to Jerusalem
Correct Answer: Cyrus
Number 26. the belief that every object (including rocks, trees, and people) possess as spirit or a soul
Correct Answer: animism
Number 27. Period of time in the 6th Century BC when the leading citizens and rulers of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylone
Correct Answer: the Exile
Number 28. the recognition of many different gods, but the worship of only one God.
Correct Answer: henotheism
Number 29. Hebrew term for the name of God
Correct Answer: YHWH
Number 30. The one to whom God revealed the law as well as His name
Correct Answer: Moses
Number 31. Considered by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to be the founder of a monotheistic faith.
Correct Answer: Abraham
Number 32. Israelite prophet of the 7th Century BC
Correct Answer: Micah
Number 33. A description of God in human terms
Correct Answer: Anthropomorphism
Number 34. Having all power
Correct Answer: Omnipotence
Number 35. The Book of Changes that explains how to discern the movement of the Dao
Correct Answer: I Ching
Number 36. Christian doctrine of God formulated in the 4th Century
Correct Answer: Trinity
Number 37. Knowing all things
Correct Answer: Omniscient