Deck 19: Religion

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The functionalist approach to investigating religion focuses on:

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The substantive approach to investigating religion focuses on:

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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?

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

Question 6

Which theorist likened religion to opium?

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

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

The term sacroscapes describes:

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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