Question 1

What is the distinction between the sacred and the profane?

Accepted Answer

The distinction between the sacred and t

Question 2

Compared to Eastern religions, Western religions make a more clear distinction between the sacred and profane.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

All world religions define women as more morally worthy than men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The concept "civil religion" refers to tolerating practices and beliefs that differ from your own.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Charisma is a personal quality that lets someone draw others as followers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A church is a type of social organization that is well integrated into the larger society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Max Weber carried out historical analysis of the rise of the Industrial Revolution and capitalism that linked this change to

Accepted Answer

A) religious warfare. 
B) divine intervention in the world. 
C) religious values and beliefs, especially those associated with Calvinism. 
D) the birth of science. 
A) religious warfare. 
B) divine intervention in the world. 
C) religious values and beliefs, especially those associated with Calvinism. 
D) the birth of science.

Question 8

In the United States, some religion denominations

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Supporters of liberation theology hope that this social movement will achieve which of the following goals?

Accepted Answer

A) keeping politics out of the church 
B) helping people endure their suffering 
C) encouraging personal growth 
D) reducing social inequality and, especially, poverty 
A) keeping politics out of the church 
B) helping people endure their suffering 
C) encouraging personal growth 
D) reducing social inequality and, especially, poverty

Question 10

The symbolic-interaction approach treats religion as socially constructed meaning that provides greater certainty and security for our lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Animism is the belief that

Accepted Answer

A) God has a plan for the entire world. 
B) everything in the world is a conscious, living force that is able to affect us. 
C) nothing is sacred. 
D) people can find little meaning in their everyday lives. 
A) God has a plan for the entire world. 
B) everything in the world is a conscious, living force that is able to affect us. 
C) nothing is sacred. 
D) people can find little meaning in their everyday lives.

Question 12

Secularization refers to the historical increase in the importance of religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Secularization refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) the historical importance of religion in people's lives 
B) the historical increase in the importance of the sacred 
C) the historical decline in the importance of the sacred 
D) the historical concern of the church with social change 
A) the historical importance of religion in people's lives 
B) the historical increase in the importance of the sacred 
C) the historical decline in the importance of the sacred 
D) the historical concern of the church with social change

Question 14

Churches place greater importance on the personal experience of conversion than sects do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Faith is a way of knowing based on

Accepted Answer

A) scientific research. 
B) human senses. 
C) cultural common sense. 
D) conviction or belief in things unseen. 
A) scientific research. 
B) human senses. 
C) cultural common sense. 
D) conviction or belief in things unseen.

Question 16

In general, compared to Eastern religions, Western religions

Accepted Answer

A) are deity-based. 
B) operate more ethical codes of conduct. 
C) are less clear about what is sacred and what is profane. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) are deity-based. 
B) operate more ethical codes of conduct. 
C) are less clear about what is sacred and what is profane. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 17

A totem is any object defined by members of a society as profane.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What do the sacred texts of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have in common?

Accepted Answer

A) support for patriarchy 
B) belief in multiple deities 
C) the same sacred symbols 
D) support for secularization 
A) support for patriarchy 
B) belief in multiple deities 
C) the same sacred symbols 
D) support for secularization

Question 19

On national surveys, about what percentage of people in the United States claim to believe in a divine power?

Accepted Answer

A) 20 percent 
B) 40 percent 
C) 60 percent 
D) 90 percent 
A) 20 percent 
B) 40 percent 
C) 60 percent 
D) 90 percent

Question 20

In the United States, the Amish would be an example of a

Accepted Answer

A) state church. 
B) cult. 
C) sect. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) state church. 
B) cult. 
C) sect. 
D) All of these are correct.

Exam 19: Religion

What is the distinction between the sacred and the profane?

Compared to Eastern religions, Western religions make a more clear distinction between the sacred and profane.

All world religions define women as more morally worthy than men.

The concept "civil religion" refers to tolerating practices and beliefs that differ from your own.

Charisma is a personal quality that lets someone draw others as followers.

A church is a type of social organization that is well integrated into the larger society.

Max Weber carried out historical analysis of the rise of the Industrial Revolution and capitalism that linked this change to

In the United States, some religion denominations

Supporters of liberation theology hope that this social movement will achieve which of the following goals?

The symbolic-interaction approach treats religion as socially constructed meaning that provides greater certainty and security for our lives.

Animism is the belief that

Secularization refers to the historical increase in the importance of religion.

Secularization refers to which of the following?

Churches place greater importance on the personal experience of conversion than sects do.

Faith is a way of knowing based on

In general, compared to Eastern religions, Western religions

A totem is any object defined by members of a society as profane.

What do the sacred texts of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have in common?

On national surveys, about what percentage of people in the United States claim to believe in a divine power?

In the United States, the Amish would be an example of a

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