Exam 18: Religion

Which phrase best summarizes the Confucian Golden Rule?

From a symbolic interactionist perspective, what does wearing a cross signify for Christians?

Which sociological perspective is aligned with the belief that religion attaches meaning to our lives, provides emotional comfort during times of sorrow, creates a sense of solidarity with others and provides guidelines with which to direct our lives?

What is another name for the bond that members of a respective faith share with one another?

What do Hindus call the cycle of life, death, and rebirth?

A common thread of Judaism and Islam is that both religions trace their ancestry to Abraham.

Hinduism has no specific founder and no canonical scripture.

Someone with an outstanding gift or exceptional quality that draws others to them and their message is said to possess ________.

The desire to accumulate capital as a duty and to constantly reinvest it is what Max Weber referred to as the Protestant ethic.

Match the term with the definition. 1) moral community 2) state religion 3) civil religion 4) functional equivalent of religion 5) religious experience 6) modernization 7) Protestant ethic 8) anti-Semitism 9) theocracy 10) nirvana 11) reincarnation 12) jen 13) charisma 14) denomination 15) secular -A) a government sponsored religion, also called ecclesia B) a sudden awareness of the supernatural or a feeling of coming in contact with God C) in Hinduism, spiritual perfection that marks the end of the cycle of death and rebirth D) Robert Bellah's term for religion that is such an established feature of a country's life that its history and social institutions become sanctified by being associated with God E) a government based on the principle that God is king, God's laws are the statutes of the land, and priests are the earthly administrators of God F) in Confucianism, sympathy or concern for other human beings G) a "brand name" within a major religion H) the transformation of traditional societies into industrial societies I) belonging to the world and its affairs J) a group of people who are united by their religious practices K) prejudice and discrimination directed against Jews L) in Hinduism and Buddhism, the return of the soul after death in a different form M) a substitute that serves the same function or meets the same needs as religion N) an extraordinary gift from God; a "magnetic" personality that draws people to the individual O) Weber's term to describe the ideal of a self-denying, highly moral life, accompanied by hard work and frugality

What conclusion did epidemiologist Lynda Powell and her colleagues reach after studying data on the effects of participation in organized religion on health?