Exam 10: Religion and Education

Research shows that Canadians from high-income families are 61 percent as likely as those from low-income families to be enrolled in university at the age of 19.

The persecution of witches during the middle ages in Europe was an effort on the part of the Christian church to establish a monopoly.

Children from lone-parent families are usually unable to rely on adults for tutoring, emotional support and encouragement, supervision, and role modelling to the same degree as children from two-parent households.

Countries such as Denmark that have a low level of social inequality tend to have which of the following?

Provide evidence that religion has traditionally enforced the subordination of women.

Father Benoit blesses the baptismal water before the baptism of the Sillettis' newborn son. In Durkheimian terms, what is Father Benoit doing?

Examine the program offerings and enrolments by gender currently in any province's community-college system. Identify any trends that indicate progress in the achievement of gender equality.

Research demonstrates that, just prior to major national sporting events, the male suicide rate decreases for those days. From a Durkheimian perspective, why does this temporary decrease happen?

Mass education is part of globalization.

Describe the connection between religious fundamentalism and extremist politics.

Explain how a sect differs from a denomination and how a sect differs from a cult.

What term is commonly used for the view that religious institutions, actions, and consciousness are on the decline?

Soon-Li has a degree in biochemistry from the nation where almost 50 percent of the population aged 25-64 has some type of college or university credential. Where has she gone to school?

According to the ecclesia thesis, in most countries, worldly institutions have broken off (or differentiated) from the institution of religion. An example of a worldly institution is education.

What does the story of the captured Japanese Red Army commando, Kozo Okamo, to tells us about the connection between politics and fundamentalism?

The secularization thesis is that religious institutions, actions, and consciousness, although not likely to disappear, are on the decline.

According to Durkheim, what is the main effect of rituals, and of religion as a whole?

Which of the following arguments would a conflict theorist make regarding community colleges?

Fundamentalism is a religious movement that rewrites traditional scriptures so they reflect modern and liberal social forces.

Which of the following provides historical evidence on the basis of which Weber's Protestant ethic argument has been challenged?