Question 1

According to research by the Pew Centre which religious group is expected to be the largest in Europe by 2050?

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholicism 
B)  Islam 
C)  Judaism 
D)  Christianity 
A)  Catholicism 
B)  Islam 
C)  Judaism 
D)  Christianity D

Question 2

Which theorist likened religion to opium?

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Weber 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Ernst Troeltsch 
D)  Émile Durkheim 
A)  Max Weber 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Ernst Troeltsch 
D)  Émile Durkheim B

Question 3

What term do contemporary sociologists use to describe a community of people with their own spiritual ideas and practices, which are distinguished from established institutions within their society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spiritualists 
B)  New religious movements 
C)  Gnosticism 
D)  Traditional healers 
A)  Spiritualists 
B)  New religious movements 
C)  Gnosticism 
D)  Traditional healers B

Question 4

The substantive approach to investigating religion focuses on:

Accepted Answer

A)  What religion does for society or individuals 
B)  How religion is understood and defined by individuals 
C)  How religious views differ within subgroups 
D)  How religions differ across countries 
A)  What religion does for society or individuals 
B)  How religion is understood and defined by individuals 
C)  How religious views differ within subgroups 
D)  How religions differ across countries

Question 5

The approach where researchers suspend their personal beliefs or non-beliefs in non-human entities is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodological agnosticism 
B)  Objective suspension 
C)  Religious validity 
D)  Value reliability 
A)  Methodological agnosticism 
B)  Objective suspension 
C)  Religious validity 
D)  Value reliability

Question 6

The term sacroscapes describes:

Accepted Answer

A)  The nature of religions 
B)  How religions are perceived 
C)  The global flows of religion 
D)  The decline in religious beliefs 
A)  The nature of religions 
B)  How religions are perceived 
C)  The global flows of religion 
D)  The decline in religious beliefs

Question 7

Which perspective argues that religion has shifted to the private sphere?

Accepted Answer

A)  The privatization of religion 
B)  The domestication of religion 
C)  Household religion 
D)  Private religion 
A)  The privatization of religion 
B)  The domestication of religion 
C)  Household religion 
D)  Private religion

Question 8

Which Theorist discusses the disenchantment of the world in terms of magic and religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Weber 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Émile Durkheim 
D)  Ernst Troeltsch 
A)  Max Weber 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Émile Durkheim 
D)  Ernst Troeltsch

Question 9

According to Ernst Troeltsch which religious organizations have the most power over their members?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cults 
B)  New religious movements 
C)  Churches 
D)  Sects 
A)  Cults 
B)  New religious movements 
C)  Churches 
D)  Sects

Question 10

The functionalist approach to investigating religion focuses on:

Accepted Answer

A)  How religions differ across countries 
B)  How religion is understood and defined by individuals 
C)  What religion does for society or individuals 
D)  How religious views differ within subgroups 
A)  How religions differ across countries 
B)  How religion is understood and defined by individuals 
C)  What religion does for society or individuals 
D)  How religious views differ within subgroups

According to research by the Pew Centre which religious group is expected to be the largest in Europe by 2050?

Which theorist likened religion to opium?

What term do contemporary sociologists use to describe a community of people with their own spiritual ideas and practices, which are distinguished from established institutions within their society?

The substantive approach to investigating religion focuses on:

The approach where researchers suspend their personal beliefs or non-beliefs in non-human entities is called:

The term sacroscapes describes:

Which perspective argues that religion has shifted to the private sphere?

Which Theorist discusses the disenchantment of the world in terms of magic and religion?

According to Ernst Troeltsch which religious organizations have the most power over their members?

The functionalist approach to investigating religion focuses on:

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Exam 19: Religion

According to research by the Pew Centre which religious group is expected to be the largest in Europe by 2050?

Which theorist likened religion to opium?

What term do contemporary sociologists use to describe a community of people with their own spiritual ideas and practices, which are distinguished from established institutions within their society?

The substantive approach to investigating religion focuses on:

The approach where researchers suspend their personal beliefs or non-beliefs in non-human entities is called:

The term sacroscapes describes:

Which perspective argues that religion has shifted to the private sphere?

Which Theorist discusses the disenchantment of the world in terms of magic and religion?

According to Ernst Troeltsch which religious organizations have the most power over their members?

The functionalist approach to investigating religion focuses on:

What Is Sociological About the Digital Society

What Is Sociological About the Environment

What Is Sociological About Crime

What Is Society

Sociology of an Interconnected World

Classical Sociologies

Contemporary Social Thory

Beyond the Qualitativequantitative Divide

Methods Visual, Internet

Class

Gender

Race

Age

Families and Households

Intimacies and Relationships

Work

Health

Education

Cultures and Consumption

War and Violence

Science and Technology

Migrations

Social Movements

Sociology As a Science

Public Sociology

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