Exam 18: Religion

Christianity developed out of

One characteristic of all religions is their use of _____, such a fish, to provide identity and create social solidarity for their members.

What is the difference between religion and its functional equivalents?

Ancient Greek religion believed in

People have (at least) four fundamental questions that science, including sociology, cannot answer, but that religion can. What are these questions?

Members of the Lutheran Church are concentrated mostly in the _____ of the United States.

In the decade ending in 2012, the _____ gained the most members, and the _____ Church lost the most members.

Weber used the term spirit of capitalism to describe the desire to accumulate capital

In the Western United States, the second most popular religion is

When we have a sudden awareness of the supernatural or a feeling of coming in contact with God, this is a(n)

_____ is the religion with the most followers in the world.

After doing a survey of worldwide religions, Durkheim defined _____ as beliefs and practices that separate the profane from the sacred and unite its adherents into a moral community.

One of the positive functions of religion is to

To Durkheim, Hindus dipping in the Ganges River, Confucians offering food to their ancestors, and Buddhists bowing before a shrine, were all examples of

Cosmology refers to

_____ is the belief that there is only one God.

The Protestant ethic is what Weber called the approach taken by the

_____ said that religion is the opium of the people.

_____ is a new religion with few followers, whose teachings and practices put it at odds with the dominant culture and religion.

Islam, founded by Muhammad, is the world's _____ monotheistic religion.