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Worldview Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This concept is a pattern of ideas and beliefs that helps us make sense of the world and guides our decisions and actions. | Worldview |
| This concept is a belief, thought, or statement that corresponds with reality. | Truth |
| This concept is a system of beliefs that describes the nature and existence (or nonexistence) of God and prescribes certain responses to the nature of the sacred, divine, or supernatural. | Religion |
| This concept is a single, overarching interpretation, or grand story, of reality. | Metanarrative |
| The existence in the belief in a god or gods. | Theism |
| The belief that there is one God. | Monotheism |
| The belief that there are many gods, each limited in power and scope. | Polytheism |
| Claims that everything in the universe is divine, that God and the world are one. | Pantheism |
| denies the existence of any god, holding that the physical universe is all that exists. | Atheism |
| The belief that the existence of God is ultimately inaccessible or unknowable. | Agnosticism |
| The belief in one God recognized as three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. | Trinitarian monotheism |
| I began in the 7th Century when Muhammad called people to submit to Allah as the one god. My name means “submission,” which sums up this worldview’s big idea. | Islam |
| I developed recently, blending Eastern religions, self-help philosophies, and mysticism. I view everything as divine energy toward Enlightenment. | New Spirituality |
| I developed recently, blending Eastern religions, self-help philosophies, and mysticism. I view everything as divine energy toward Enlightenment. | Secularism |
| I trace my root to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ… whom my followers believe to be both fully God and fully human. | Christianity |
| I arose during the 1800’s through the writings of my founder, who argued that history shows a struggle between the powerful and the oppressed. I strong believe in the idea of revolution. | Marxism |
| I grew out of doubt toward science and authority following WWII. I teach that what people call “truth” often depends on culture or opinion, so no one can claim to know what’s absolutely true for everyone. | Postmodernism |