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.”

How were Hindus classified in the Islamic Empire after the conquest of India?

Jewish Kabbalah is a set of beliefs and practices that seeks spiritual communion with God; it also proposes a set of reading practices meant to uncover different levels of meaning, including that of Sod, which refers to….

Which period saw civilizations turn in new directions and produce new forms of self-consciousness, social systems, and philosophical ideas (such as Confucian and Daoist traditions in China, Hindu and Buddhist traditions in South Asia, monotheistic and prophetic traditions in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece), seemingly without clear contact?