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Importance of Religion MCQ

The "protestant ethic" is what weber called the approach taken by the __________.

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Correct Answer: Followers of John Calvin

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Remarriages are _____ as first marriages.

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Correct Answer: More likely to end in divorce.

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In the united states, the _____ of churches is based on _____.

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Correct Answer: Segregation; custom

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Although larger than a cult, a _____ still feels substantial hostility from and toward society.

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Correct Answer: Sect

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Religion, education, family, and the media are all examples of __________.

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Correct Answer: Social institutions

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Animism is the ________; examples of it are ________.

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Correct Answer: Belief that spirits are present in the natural world; totemism and shamanism

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Government in which religious leaders rule society in accordance with God’s presumed wishes is theocracy

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Correct Answer: True

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The diminishing influence and role of religion in everyday life is seculariztion

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Correct Answer: True

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Ceremonies or repetitive practices, often used to invoke a sense of awe of the sacred and to make certain ideas sacred is called

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Correct Answer: Rituals

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The beginning phase of an entirely new religion is called

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Correct Answer: NRMS

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Stories that transmit values and embody ideas about life and the world is called

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Correct Answer: Myths

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The pattern of people belonging to religious groups that espouse values and characteristics compatible with their social status and self-interests is called

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Correct Answer: Electron affinity

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Centralized coordinating bodies or associations that link local congregations with a similar history and theology is called denominations

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Correct Answer: True

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The set of beliefs, rites, and symbols that sacralize the values of the society and place the nation in the context of transcendent meaning, often giving it divine significance is ___ religion

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Correct Answer: Civil

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There is more fluidity in religious membership now than at any other time in history.

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Correct Answer: True

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New Religious Movements only come into a country as immigrants enter from other lands.

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Correct Answer: False

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What is the theoretical perspective concerned with myths and rituals?

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Correct Answer: Symbolic interactionism

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Individuals with more education and higher occupational prestige are more likely than those with working-class jobs to join religions that stress obedience and submission to authority.

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Correct Answer: False

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A civil religion is more likely to develop in a simple, homogenous, society than a complex, heterogamous one

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Correct Answer: False

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Katia moved to a new town where she knew very few people. Although she had never been particularly religious, she decided to attend Reform Judaism services with her friend. Through attending services, she met even more people and later joined the synagogue. Why did Katia likely initially joined this faith?

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Correct Answer: The sense of belonging that the faith provided for her

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Alisha theorizes that individuals choose a church based upon how far they have to travel to reach it, how kind others are to them at that church, and how the messages being taught make them feel. Which theoretical perspective is Alisha most likely using?

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Correct Answer: Rational choice

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As Islam tends to be less bureaucratized than most Christian religions, which of the following is true?

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Correct Answer: There is less emphasis on the professional credential of clergy

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At one point in history, Christianity would have been considered a “cult” by the media.

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Correct Answer: True

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According to Emile Durkheim, the dimension of life that is separate from the mundane is known as what?

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Correct Answer: The sacred realm

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