Anthropology of Religion

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Language, Belief, and Religion

True/False Quiz


1	Ethnocentrism is misunderstanding the original meaning of a message by evaluating it in the wrong cultural context.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The Y_nomam_ myth about the origin of men functions to account for men's violent tendencies.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	The "Problem of Evil" is a logical result of defining the Creator as All Good, All Powerful, and All Knowing.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Oral transmission of sacred stories allows people to maintain homogeneity in belief over large geographical regions.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Written sacred texts may be difficult for people to understand because both language and culture change over the generations.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	The archaic language of sacred texts may function to imbue the texts with an aura of sanctity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Modern translating techniques have overcome the basic problems that used to occur in translating sacred texts.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	A canon is the sacred texts that are accepted as sacred and authoritative.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	The dilemma of modernized versions of sacred texts is that they may be less effective at conveying the meaning of the sacred text.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	According to Alfred Korzybski, speakers of a language may confuse ways of talking with reality.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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