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This set of Philosophy of Religion Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Religion Set 1
Q1 | Religion is not mere conviction but:
- conduct
- customs
- behaviour
- none of these
Q2 | The term Religio means:
- to found
- to revel
- to bind
- to worship
Q3 | The term religion comes from the Latin word:
- religoen
- religeor
- religio
- religious
Q4 | “The feeling, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine.” Whodefined religion in this way?
- alexander
- patric
- william james
- w.t stace
Q5 | ----------------- defines religion as, “the conservation of values.”
- alexander
- patric
- william james
- hoffoding
Q6 | To----------------------, religion is not in doctrines, in dogmas nor in intellectualargumentation; it is being and becoming, it is realization.
- swami vivekananda
- hoffoding
- william james
- w.t stace
Q7 | According to Alexander “Religion is--------------”
- faith in god
- faith in deity
- faith in nature
- faith in super power
Q8 | According to ------------------“Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond,behind, and within, the passing flux of immediate things.”
- alexander
- patric
- whitehead
- w.t stace
Q9 | To --------- “Religion is the consciousness of our practical relation to an invisible spiritualorder.”
- alexander
- patric
- william james
- w.t stace
Q10 | W.T Stace defined “religion as the ------------------ for the impossible, the unattainable, theinconceivable.”
- hunger of the soul
- thirst of the mind
- quest of the intellect
- none of these
Q11 | According to Whitehead, “Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond,behind, and within, the ------------ of immediate things.”
- relations
- continues waves
- stream
- passing flux
Q12 | Talcott Parsons defines, religion, “-------------------------------------which men have evolvedin various societies”
- values, morals and practices
- a set of myths and imaginations
- a set of beliefs, practices, and institutions
- none of these
Q13 | According to Kant “Religion is a matter of the:
- mind
- soul
- will
- intellect
Q14 | Concise Oxford Dictionary defines; religion is “human recognition of a -----------controlling power and especially of a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship”
- cosmic
- super natural
- divine
- superhuman
Q15 | Arnold says religion as, “ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by-----------------”
- willing
- feeling
- imagination
- practicing
Q16 | ------------------- defines, religion, “a body of scruples which impede the free exercise ofour faculties”
- salomon reinach
- hoffoding
- william james
- w.t stace
Q17 | Who defines religion as, “ethics heightened, enkindled, lit up by feeling”?
- swami vivekananda
- hoffoding
- mathew arnold
- w.t stace
Q18 | ---------------explains, “Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of aPower which transcends our knowledge”.
- kant
- hoffoding
- william james
- herbert spencer
Q19 | Not only the theist, but -----------------------can philosophize about religion.
- the spiritualist and the pragmatic
- the spiritualist and the pragmatic
- the atheist and the agnostic
- none of these
Q20 | Herbert Spencer explains, “Religion is the humanity’s response to the --------------------.”
- divine
- personal god
- superhuman
- super power
Q21 | The relation between religion and philosophy is -------------
- most contradictory
- most controversial
- most intimate
- none of these
Q22 | Both ----------------------raise the life of man and society to a higher and nobler level
- science and art
- science and wealth
- philosophy and religion
- none of these
Q23 | Religious experience cannot be explained by -----------
- intellect
- figures
- symbols
- analogy
Q24 | --------------------------- is an intellectual and logical interpretation of religious experience.
- theology
- religion
- philosophy of religion
- religious experience
Q25 | Philosophy of religion studies the concepts, propositions and arguments of :
- theologians
- priests
- religious practitioners
- none of these