Exam 14: Religion

According to recent research and analyses conducted by Bibby (2009,2011),what is the relationship between holding a definite belief in God and affirming the interpersonal values that make for civility?

In the Indian state of Orissa live the Dongria,who believe the mountain they live on is their god.The Dongria see the bauxite under their mountain,although threatening to their deity,as only a practical interest of the aluminum company that wants to mine the bauxite.What sociological term best depicts the Dongria view of bauxite?

Starting with Émile Durkheim,which statement would most social scientists include in a description of personal religiosity?

What role does socialization play as a cause of religious beliefs?

What term did Durkheim use to refer to the everyday world?

What kind of model sees religious groups competing for parishioners as similar to companies?

Monotheism is related to goals of political unification.What is it a belief in?

According to the text,more than 50 percent of the people who attend church services less than once a month would consider greater involvement if it was worthwhile for themselves or their families.What did they mean by this?

Compare and contrast humanist perspectives and religious perspectives toward life.

How has religion both served as a progressive force that has challenged North American culture,and a repressive force at certain points in recent history?

However personal our religious beliefs may be,what can we conclude about personal religiosity?

A religious group found two items in a basement.One was a book of "rules to live by," which they put in their prayer room and read from at meetings.The other item was a picture of a past member,which they threw out.According to the text,how did they categorize the picture?

According to sociological research,which of the following would cause occasional church attendees to attend more often?

What are the three dominant person-centred explanations of religious commitment? Give a short description of each.

A number of church members were growing increasingly dissatisfied with their pastor's focus on good works and deeds and numerous community efforts.Consequently,they renounced their membership and started up their own independent group focused on faith development,which attracted even more individuals to join.Adopting the perspective of Weber,what characteristics will develop over time within the smaller group?

In Canada,we have no effective "moral majority" as is found in the United States.

The text suggests that both Marx and Freud conceded that religion makes positive contributions to people's happiness,contentment,and hope.Discuss the role of religion in your life,or in the life of someone you know.

Atheist author,lecturer,scientific naturalist,and evolutionary apologist Richard Dawkins gives a lecture in which he espouses the view that humanity was not created by a supernatural being,but that humans can still be moral and have purpose and meaning in their lives.What label best fits Dawkins's views?

Shannon was excitedly telling her friends about attending a church service where she felt the presence of God.Mark dismissed her accounting by asserting that what she felt wasn't God,but rather the collective conscience of the people in attendance.Whose perspective of religion had Mark adopted?

Religious groups tend to more strongly oppose issues that deal with moral innovation.