Exam 8: Religion and Persuasion

Edwards preached that pride was a positive value to the Puritans.

Apocalyptic rhetoric includes which of the following?

President John F. Kennedy, who met with King and others, willingly forwarded their proposed legislation on civil rights.

The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have come to represent:

Religion has survived the postmodern era because of syncretism, which is:

The religious compounds of Waco and Jonestown were both safe environments for children.

Utopia is a word coined from Greek prefixes by a writer that means either "no place" or "good place." That writer was:

Richard Neuhas wrote of the "naked square," which referred to:

Reverend John Cotton predicted that the Apocalypse would come in 1655.

Max Weber predicted the inability of religion to survive the onslaught of modernity.

Jonestown and members of the People's Temple ended with 911 members dead in Guyana, South America.

The belief that matter exists but that is all there is and death extinguishes personality and individuality is called:

The rhetoric of discernment unites different religions.

Woolman refused to write wills that passed slaves from fathers to sons.

Crime reflects disobedience to the social contract in society, which is based on natural law, and evil comes from disobeying which of the following?

Many social movements have grown from religious groups like the abolitionists and Anti-Saloon League.

Reverend Jerry Falwell won his suit against Hustler magazine for defamation of character.

The Branch Davidian compound was destroyed by:

The belief that the cultural environment is hostile to their faith community refers to this one form of rhetoric according to Quentin Schultze:

The dominant themes of religious rhetoric include conversion, discernment, communion, exile, and praise. Explain each of these themes and give examples to support your answer.