Exam 17: Religion

Institutionalized sects fit somewhere in between churches and sects--like Mormons, Disciples of Christ, and Southern Baptists, which incorporate features of both a church and a sect.

Theodicy refers to the belief system of a particular religion.

There has been a "secularization of religion" by social class such that the more education and income one has the less likely one is to find religion important and to hold religious beliefs.

By constraining the behavior of the community of believers, religion provides ________.

Despite the constitutional demand for separation of church and state, every presidential inaugural address except Washington's second has mentioned God.

Sociologists study religion because it is a universal phenomenon that has tremendous impact on human behavior, and because of its influence on society and society's impact on it.

How does Liberation Theology in South America serve to challenge the Marxian theory of religion?

According to the order perspective, as people meet to affirm common beliefs and values, they are bound together in a ____________community.

The ________ perspective contends that in diverse societies religious differences divide rather than unite and that religious unity benefits the powerful more than the weak.