Exam 1: Thinking About Religion

Some religions are very active, while others are inactive. These opposites were used by your textbook author to explain the question __________.

________ argued religion would be unnecessary once people learned to understand their own subconscious minds.

Marx was one of the most faithful supporters of religious systems.

Your textbook suggests that those who see humanity as fascinated by the young and childlike, might like __________.

Which of the following is one of the fundamental questions asked by scholars Otto and Müller?

A verbal communion using some form of language is __________.

Ethnography offers a way to learn about people by observing and talking.

Eliade argued religion was a way of balancing the ________ and the ________.

Durkheim was interested in the ways in which religion created and maintained __________.

Contemporary scholars of religion use ethnographic techniques.

Rudolf Otto believed that all religions interacted with the holy. Which of the following best describes what Otto meant by "the holy"?

Some religious practices encourage physical action.

Name three modern critics of religion.

Which of the following controversies is used by your textbook author to illustrate the relationship between religion and politics?

What is a question matrix and how can it help in studying religion?

________ and ________ thought the study of religion could be placed on a scientific basis in the late part of the 19th century.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four questions your textbook author will ask of each religion?

How are Cartman and Hello Kitty involved in understanding religion?

The idea that a dominant religion has simply been a successful "master narrative" is an argument made by __________ scholars.