What are examples of “religious questions” of ultimate meaning and purpose in human life? (mark all that apply)

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a type of ritual in the text?

How is the textbook using the term “world” with regard to myth and ritual?

Which of the following best corresponds to the meaning and function of myth in the textbook?

What is a Sufi in the context of Islamic traditions?

Historical Consciousness refers to the time (around the 1600s) when people became aware that our ideas, concepts, and ways of life had shifted quite dramatically over time, and that our minds–what and how we know–is shaped, limited, and blinded by our particular historical location (in time, in geography) and all that has led up to this particular perspective, place, or position. Why is this important?

What term does the Chicana theorist Gloria Anzaldúa use to describe heightened perception or super-cognition, an extraordinary hidden capability to see subtle nuances, meanings, and connections in the world?

What do the three stories (Lame Deer, The Purple Pill, Plato’s Cave) have in common regarding comparative religion? (mark all that apply)

How does the reading define culture?

The ancient Israelites–that is, the ancestors of Jews today–broke with surrounding polytheistic practices and insisted that all other or ‘foreign’ gods must be rejected. This is known as the “monotheistic distinction” or “revolutionary monotheism.”