Question 1

According to Peter Berger,humans are

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A) fallen. 
B) meaning-seeking creatures. 
C) blinded to the real source of inequality. 
D) curious and skeptical. 
A) fallen. 
B) meaning-seeking creatures. 
C) blinded to the real source of inequality. 
D) curious and skeptical. B

Question 2

According to Durkheim,how do the sacred and profane differ?

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A) The sacred is found in the realm of the spiritual; the profane is found in the physical world. 
B) The sacred is superior in dignity,more highly ranked,than the profane. 
C) The sacred and the profane are understood as completely different and distinct from each other. 
D) Depending on the religion,the sacred and profane differ in a variety of ways; there is no universal distinction. 
A) The sacred is found in the realm of the spiritual; the profane is found in the physical world. 
B) The sacred is superior in dignity,more highly ranked,than the profane. 
C) The sacred and the profane are understood as completely different and distinct from each other. 
D) Depending on the religion,the sacred and profane differ in a variety of ways; there is no universal distinction. C

Question 3

Who argued: religion is "the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as humanly significant"?

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A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Peter Berger 
D) Melford Spiro 
A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Peter Berger 
D) Melford Spiro C

Question 4

Social facts are

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A) coercive patterns of thinking,acting,and feeling external to any one person. 
B) universal truths about human beings and human community. 
C) not observable. 
D) evidence confirming or disconfirming social theories. 
A) coercive patterns of thinking,acting,and feeling external to any one person. 
B) universal truths about human beings and human community. 
C) not observable. 
D) evidence confirming or disconfirming social theories.

Question 5

Which of the following is a substantive definition of religion?

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A) Religion is "the opium of the people." 
B) Religion is "the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as humanly significant." 
C) Religion is "an institution consisting of culturally patterned interaction with culturally postulated superhuman beings." 
D) Religion is "a unified system of beliefs and practices,relative to sacred things…which unite into one single moral community called a Church,all who adhere to them." 
A) Religion is "the opium of the people." 
B) Religion is "the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as humanly significant." 
C) Religion is "an institution consisting of culturally patterned interaction with culturally postulated superhuman beings." 
D) Religion is "a unified system of beliefs and practices,relative to sacred things…which unite into one single moral community called a Church,all who adhere to them."

Question 6

Which of the following is a limitation of substantive definitions of religion?

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A) They tend to be rooted in particular times,places,and cultural contexts. 
B) They are too abstract and general to be of any use to researchers. 
C) They place too much focus on practices and not enough focus on beliefs. 
D) They focus too much on minor and obscure religions. 
A) They tend to be rooted in particular times,places,and cultural contexts. 
B) They are too abstract and general to be of any use to researchers. 
C) They place too much focus on practices and not enough focus on beliefs. 
D) They focus too much on minor and obscure religions.

Question 7

According to Karl Marx,how does religion preserve existing social arrangements?

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A) Religious leaders use their power to bolster political leaders. 
B) Religion's beliefs and rituals directly reinforce existing social arrangements. 
C) Religious ideology denies the afterlife and any rewards in the afterlife. 
D) Religion dilutes the pains of daily life,so people don't see the true source of their problems. 
A) Religious leaders use their power to bolster political leaders. 
B) Religion's beliefs and rituals directly reinforce existing social arrangements. 
C) Religious ideology denies the afterlife and any rewards in the afterlife. 
D) Religion dilutes the pains of daily life,so people don't see the true source of their problems.

Question 8

To Durkheim,religious rituals

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A) are precautions taken when the sacred and profane meet. 
B) are unrelated to religious beliefs. 
C) maintain a wide gulf between the sacred and the profane,preventing sacred things from coming into contact with profane things. 
D) are states of opinion and consist in representations. 
A) are precautions taken when the sacred and profane meet. 
B) are unrelated to religious beliefs. 
C) maintain a wide gulf between the sacred and the profane,preventing sacred things from coming into contact with profane things. 
D) are states of opinion and consist in representations.

Question 9

To Berger,what does religion fend off?

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A) evil 
B) fear of the past 
C) magic 
D) a sense of chaos 
A) evil 
B) fear of the past 
C) magic 
D) a sense of chaos

Question 10

According to sociologists,religion is

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A) evidence that God does not exist. 
B) something humans created. 
C) the same as God,or other deity,or higher power. 
D) a figment of human imagination and thus unimportant to understand. 
A) evidence that God does not exist. 
B) something humans created. 
C) the same as God,or other deity,or higher power. 
D) a figment of human imagination and thus unimportant to understand.

Question 11

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the patient's religion

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A) played no role in her medical outcome. 
B) was not explored or acknowledged by her doctors. 
C) was explained to doctors by her parents. 
D) played a key role in her treatment,as her doctors invited shamans to participate in her care. 
A) played no role in her medical outcome. 
B) was not explored or acknowledged by her doctors. 
C) was explained to doctors by her parents. 
D) played a key role in her treatment,as her doctors invited shamans to participate in her care.

Question 12

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the patient and her family are

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A) Christians. 
B) atheists. 
C) animists. 
D) Buddhists. 
A) Christians. 
B) atheists. 
C) animists. 
D) Buddhists.

Question 13

As an institution,religion is most stable when

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A) a founding tale reveals the human roots of religious systems. 
B) religion is set off from other social institutions. 
C) believers are encouraged to choose a religion when they reach adulthood. 
D) religion is understood to be timeless and emerging from other than human sources. 
A) a founding tale reveals the human roots of religious systems. 
B) religion is set off from other social institutions. 
C) believers are encouraged to choose a religion when they reach adulthood. 
D) religion is understood to be timeless and emerging from other than human sources.

Question 14

Who argued: religion is "a unified system of beliefs and practices,relative to sacred things…which unite into one single moral community called a Church,all who adhere to them"?

Accepted Answer

A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Peter Berger 
D) Melford Spiro 
A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Peter Berger 
D) Melford Spiro

Question 15

Who argued that religion is "the opium of the people"?

Accepted Answer

A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Peter Berger 
D) Melford Spiro 
A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Peter Berger 
D) Melford Spiro

Question 16

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the doctors and the patient's family

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A) have similar cultural beliefs but different religious beliefs. 
B) argue with each other about the source of the patient's problem. 
C) agree that the patient's seizures were a medical problem that needed treatment. 
D) do not agree about the source of the patient's problem and do not realize that they do not agree. 
A) have similar cultural beliefs but different religious beliefs. 
B) argue with each other about the source of the patient's problem. 
C) agree that the patient's seizures were a medical problem that needed treatment. 
D) do not agree about the source of the patient's problem and do not realize that they do not agree.

Question 17

To Durkheim,individual spirituality practiced in isolation from a larger community

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A) is a form of religion. 
B) contributes to social cohesion even more than religion does. 
C) contributes to social cohesion as much as religion does. 
D) is not part of what he considers to be religion. 
A) is a form of religion. 
B) contributes to social cohesion even more than religion does. 
C) contributes to social cohesion as much as religion does. 
D) is not part of what he considers to be religion.

Question 18

How do religious people experience religious constraints?

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A) as rules they cannot break 
B) as rules they can take or leave,with no significant consequences either way 
C) as rules they may break,but at the risk of being sanctioned by others 
D) Religion does not place constraints on people. 
A) as rules they cannot break 
B) as rules they can take or leave,with no significant consequences either way 
C) as rules they may break,but at the risk of being sanctioned by others 
D) Religion does not place constraints on people.

Question 19

Peter Berger distinguishes between "nomos" and "cosmos." Nomos is ______________; cosmos is ________________.

Accepted Answer

A) order seen as humanly constructed; order seen as transcending humans 
B) chaos; order 
C) sacred; profane 
D) order seen as transcending humans; order seen as humanly constructed 
A) order seen as humanly constructed; order seen as transcending humans 
B) chaos; order 
C) sacred; profane 
D) order seen as transcending humans; order seen as humanly constructed

According to Peter Berger,humans are

According to Durkheim,how do the sacred and profane differ?

Who argued: religion is "the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as humanly significant"?

Social facts are

Which of the following is a substantive definition of religion?

Which of the following is a limitation of substantive definitions of religion?

According to Karl Marx,how does religion preserve existing social arrangements?

To Durkheim,religious rituals

To Berger,what does religion fend off?

According to sociologists,religion is

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the patient's religion

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the patient and her family are

As an institution,religion is most stable when

Who argued: religion is "a unified system of beliefs and practices,relative to sacred things…which unite into one single moral community called a Church,all who adhere to them"?

Who argued that religion is "the opium of the people"?

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the doctors and the patient's family

To Durkheim,individual spirituality practiced in isolation from a larger community

How do religious people experience religious constraints?

Peter Berger distinguishes between "nomos" and "cosmos." Nomos is ; cosmos is __.

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Downloading God, big-Box Churches, and the Crystal Shop Around the Corner

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Our God Rules Yours Doesnt

Divine Rights and Casting the Mighty From Their Thrones

Give Us Our Due

Adam,eve,and Steve

The Not so Greatcolor Wall of the United States

Who Brought the Enchiladas to My Bar Mitzvah

Godless Science, irrational Religion

The End of Days Religion and the Environment

Do We Need God to Do Good

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Exam 1: Why Religion

According to Peter Berger,humans are

According to Durkheim,how do the sacred and profane differ?

Who argued: religion is "the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as humanly significant"?

Social facts are

Which of the following is a substantive definition of religion?

Which of the following is a limitation of substantive definitions of religion?

According to Karl Marx,how does religion preserve existing social arrangements?

To Durkheim,religious rituals

To Berger,what does religion fend off?

According to sociologists,religion is

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the patient's religion

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the patient and her family are

As an institution,religion is most stable when

Who argued: religion is "a unified system of beliefs and practices,relative to sacred things…which unite into one single moral community called a Church,all who adhere to them"?

Who argued that religion is "the opium of the people"?

In the example from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,the doctors and the patient's family

To Durkheim,individual spirituality practiced in isolation from a larger community

How do religious people experience religious constraints?

Peter Berger distinguishes between "nomos" and "cosmos." Nomos is ______________; cosmos is ________________.

You Believe What

Downloading God, big-Box Churches, and the Crystal Shop Around the Corner

Cant We All Just Get Along

News Flash: Gods Not Dead and Neither Is the Goddess

Our God Rules Yours Doesnt

Divine Rights and Casting the Mighty From Their Thrones

Give Us Our Due

Adam,eve,and Steve

The Not so Greatcolor Wall of the United States

Who Brought the Enchiladas to My Bar Mitzvah

Godless Science, irrational Religion

The End of Days Religion and the Environment

Do We Need God to Do Good

Filters

Peter Berger distinguishes between "nomos" and "cosmos." Nomos is ; cosmos is __.