Americans are religious, but do we really know our religions?

Americans are religious, but do we really know our religions?

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Stephen Prothero aruges that all religions are not simply different paths to the same god. God is Not One shows how the world's religions ask different questions, tackle different problems, and aim at different goals, and explains why this matters greatly for us. How much do you know about the world's eith major religions? Take this quiz to test your religions IQ.

God is Not One by Stephen Prothero
http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062016027

  1. 1

    In the 1970s, Communist China denounced this religious figure as the '#1 hooligan':

  2. 2

    Which of these books is not one of the Christian Bible's four gospels?

  3. 3

    Which of these books is not one of the Five Books of Moses?

  4. 4

    Buddhism's Four Noble Truths begin with this observation:

  5. 5

    In Hinduism, the key aim of life is:

  6. 6

    Ramadan is a major holiday in this religion:

  7. 7

    This is not a major holiday in Judaism:

  8. 8

    Which religion has not traditionally affirmed a Creator God?

  9. 9

    This is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam:

  10. 10

    This sacred text dwarfs the Bible with over 100,000 verses and 1.8 million words:

  11. 11

    Outside of its homeland of Nigeria, where is the Yoruba religion most popular?

  12. 12

    The greatest concentration of Protestant megachurches is in which country?

  13. 13

    This religion has not traditionally affirmed reincarnation:

  14. 14

    Which is not one of the Catholicism's Seven Sacraments?

  15. 15

    This religion affirms that immortality can be attained through special diets and breathing techniques:

  16. 16

    This country has more Muslims than any other:

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