Exam 8: Religion and Persuasion

Disputes about religion have erupted in the public square, the workplace, the military, and prisons, but especially in public schools.

Mrs. Rosa Parks was a revolutionary who sparked the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

John Woolman, a Quaker in faith, preached of a God of equality.

Explain Kenneth Burke's principle of the covenant between man and God, the fall from grace, and the idea of redemption.

Mrs. Rosa Parks, a seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for which offense?

Barry Brummett explained the word apocalyptic, which means:

Apocalyptic rhetoric continues today as an explanation for which of the following events?

Postmodernism supports the belief in God and life after death.

Radical reformers called Dr. King an "Uncle Tom" for using nonviolent resistance during the 1960s.

Judeo-Christian ideology has no relationship to the civil laws of our society.

Jonestown in Guyana, South America, started as an ideal society, but it will be remembered for:

The metaphor for the wall that exists between government and religion was constructed by which president?

Apocalyptic rhetoric is used only to interpret the past.

The Federal Communication Commission allocated the best stations to religious programs in the early days of radio.

Religious symbols in schools must be for instructional purposes only and the display must exist only during the length of time the activity requires.

The philosophy that M. L. King Jr. adopted to use in the civil rights movement was:

This Calvinist preacher delivered fire-and-brimstone sermons to his flock, but he was named president of what became Princeton University:

Religious icons are exploited by artists like Madonna who integrate these icons into their art in opposition to sacred symbols.

The philosophy of nonviolent resistance that Dr. M. L. King Jr. adopted is based on a combination of which of the following leaders or philosophers?

There are more Muslims in America now than Jews.