The authors claim that myth is:

Karl Marx believed the urban workers would organize and eventually create a _______________ society.

According to the text, why should we learn about religions in the past?

The word _______________ comes from a Latin word meaning to "tie or bind"

In _____________ times, religion played the decisive role of explaining and ordering life.

In the myths of nature, the problem of life is:

According to Rudolph Otto, a universal mark of religious experience is:

Understanding how first-century Romans defined religion is important because the word has roots in what language?

The four main types of sacred story are the ______ of nature, harmony, liberation, and history.

Since the _____th century, science has played the decisive role in explaining and ordering life

In the myths of history, the problem of life is:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all trace their origins back to the patriarch:

A ritual is experienced as having the power to make one feel like an actual ____________ in the event.

In China, the great story that emerged was that of the _________, the hidden harmony of the universe.

_____-modern trends began to emerge in the 19th century.

In the myths of liberation, the primary goal of religion is:

Marxism was against:

The world's oldest religious specialist is a:

The political, social, cultural, and economic domination of one society by another is called:

The period of time when all religious and scientific knowledge is viewed as relative is called:

In the myths of history, the central metaphor for religious expression is:

What (who) is not necessarily a component of religion?

Hint: not a human being

The first written expression dealing with crisis and death was called the:

The development of urban life and the first great cities started around _________ BCE and led to the specialization of labor