Exam 8: Religion and Persuasion

Madonna's desecration of sacred symbols like rosaries only points to the power they have with audiences who are offended.

Both the Koran and the Tanakh have been used for swearing-in ceremonies to Congress.

Kenneth Burke said that the idea of punishment implied the possibility for redemption and a redeemer or agent who could restore a condition of grace.

Explain Dr. M. L. King's philosophy of nonviolent resistance in the civil rights movement and the historical foundation for it.

The City upon a Hill is the most enduring metaphor used in utopian rhetoric.

Jim Jones created a color-blind Christian utopian organization in California.

Apocalyptic rhetoric thrives when there is great change or perceived disorder.

Koresh's followers were uneducated street people.

A movement in England based upon the Book of Daniel that prophesized that Christ would rule directly over human affairs was called the:

Presidents G. W. Bush and Jimmy Carter were both agnostics.

Jonathan Edwards's Calvinist sermons portrayed a God of mercy.

David Koresh was portrayed as the "Sinful Messiah" in a series of newspaper articles in Texas.

The Branch Davidians at Waco, Texas, followed David Koresh, who claimed:

Thomas Jefferson predicted that most Americans would become Catholics.

Which of these holy books have been used for Congressional swearing-in ceremonies?

Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison advocated no established religion, but freedom to practice religions for individuals or groups.

The revival in American Fundamentalism is a desire to return to Anglo-American rural cultural values and folkways.

For Jews, the Apocalypse is the arrival of the Messiah.

Which amendment guarantees the free exercise of religion in America?

Only the Christian Bible can be used to swear in congressional members.