HW 0.2: God is Not One

Where do the world's religions converge? (hint: what most mean when they talk about what is "essential" to religion)

(a)  

True or False: The author thinks of all religions as different pathways up the same mountain

• True

• False

True or False: the author believes that to pretend all religions are essentially the same makes for a safer world, even if people are incorrect

• True

• False

Name one area where world religions DIVERGE SHARPLY according to Prothero (the author)

(a)  

True or False: Prothero believes that our culture is fine with serious argument as long as it is respectful

• True

• False

Prothero points out that "Religious tolerance presumes...

• intolerance

• argument

• difference

• religion

The ideal of religious tolerance was popularized during which period?

• The Modern Era

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• World War II

OPINION: Do you agree or disagree with the author's argument in this reading? Why?