Deck 13: Religion

Question 1

What is the contradictory role that religious institutions play in society?

A) They are vehicles of social control and of social change.
B) They invite skepticism in a higher power at the same time as they emphasize faith.
C) They are financially entwined with the U.S. government at the same time as they are critical of some of its values.
D) They consider women to be holy in their childbearing capacity, but they rarely allow women positions of authority.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

How is religion different from other institutions?

A) It is not connected to the government, so it has much more freedom to discriminate than governmental institutions do.
B) It acknowledges and embraces intersectionality.
C) It has historically involved more women than other institutions.
D) It is connected to something greater than human beings or even the Earth, so challenging religious institutions takes on great significance.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What is the world's largest religious group?

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What restriction on women is required by sacred Islamic texts?

A) Women may only marry Muslim men.
B) Women must be secluded.
C) Women may not seek education.
D) Women may not enter into paid employment.

Question 5

Why do Muslim women in the U.S. wear the hijab, according to Read and Bartowski's study?

A) Because they believe that women are inferior to men or should be subordinated to them
B) Because they want to hide their fecundity from the Western world and present themselves as non-desiring entities
C) To criticize Western colonialism and as an aspect of their religious beliefs about gender difference and of the need for women to protect their own modesty as well as control the behavior of men
D) As a way of demonstrating their solidarity with Muslim feminist movements worldwide

Question 6

In what way has Buddhism come to incorporate some gender inequality?

A) It states that women may not be equals as adherents of the religion, although they may be monks.
B) The religion now emphasizes masculine qualities of the Buddha and usually mandates that women must obey men.
C) It allows male monks to have sexual contact but opposes any sexual activity on the part of female monks.
D) The religion's deity is always male in contemporary representations.

Question 7

What is the contemporary use of the term "fundamentalism"?

A) It is used to describe Christians who profess a belief in the literal word of the Bible as a document without error.
B) It is used to describe religions that emphasize a conservative view of religion and of gender.
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above: "fundamentalism" refers to religions that promote radical, metaphorical interpretations of their sacred texts.

Question 8

What is the largest denomination that opposes the ordination of women?

A) The Roman Catholic Church
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Judaism

Question 9

What is Wicca?

A) A women's religion that believes in witches, magic, spells, and necromancy
B) An offshoot of Buddhism, in which inner peace is found through meditation, contemplation, and letting go of worldly passions
C) A religion based on certain branches of continental philosophy, which sees God in the face of the other and asserts that responsibility to the other as paramount
D) A religion that focuses on the connection among humans, spirits, and the natural world and has a mother goddess as a key character

Question 10

What characterizes the revolutionary feminist approach to religion, according to Johanna Stuckey's categorization?

A) The argument that contemporary religions are not inherently discriminating and may in fact be an important tool in creating progressive social change
B) The suggestion that we need to restructure established religions by blending their beliefs and practices with those of other non-masculinist religions
C) The claim that religions must be changed if they are to serve as progressive tools
D) The practice of leaving the traditional religions to construct spiritual traditions of their own

Question 11

What are the world's four largest religions?

A) Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism
B) Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
C) Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
D) Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Taosim

Question 12

Which of the following is an Abrahamic religion?

A) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Christianity
D) Both a. and c.
E) All of the above.

Question 13

In terms of religiosity, or level or religious devotion and church attendance, the U.S. is most similar to which of the following nations:

A) Mexico
B) The Netherlands
C) Japan
D) Sweden

Question 14

In studying Sunday school curricula, Dunnington found that Southern Baptist teaching materials refer to Eve as _______.

A) a temptress
B) Adam's special helper
C) Adam's friend
D) Adam's mischievous wife

Question 15

When it emerged around the year 600, how did Islam compare to surrounding religions and cultures in terms of its treatment of women?

A) It was more conservative and restrictive and barred women from inheritance and divorce rights that they previously enjoyed.
B) It was not different from surrounding groups but formalized existing laws and customs regarding women that existed in the Middle East at that time.
C) It afforded women new rights, such as rights to inherit and divorce, that Western Christian women would not have until the 1800s.
D) It was radical in granting women full equality in religious and social life.

Question 16

Which of the following is a veil worn by some Muslim women which covers the hair and the lower portion of the face?

A) Burqa
B) Burkini
C) Niqab
D) Hijabi

Question 17

Which of the following is an activist group which utilized religious settings and religious rituals to mourn murdered and missing family members and demand accountability from government?

A) Qubaisiate
B) The Mother's Front
C) Stay-at-Home Daughters
D) The Promise Keepers

Question 18

Which of the following best represents a revisionist approach to addressing gender inequality in religion?

A) Identifying ways in which religion has been liberating or progressive for women, such as the important roles that religious women played in the Civil Rights Movement.
B) Implementing some changes to religious practices to include women, such as expanding the Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age rite for boys, to include girls, known as the Bat Mitzvah.
C) Restructuring established religions and blending in non-masculinist beliefs, such as Goddess worship.
D) Leaving traditional religion and establishing religious communities based on gender-inclusive beliefs, such as Wicca.

Question 19

Which of the following best represents a renovationist approach to addressing gender inequality in religion?

A) Identifying ways in which religion has been liberating or progressive for women, such as the important roles that religious women played in the Civil Rights Movement.
B) Implementing some changes to religious practices to include women, such as expanding the Bar Mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age rite for boys, to include girls, known as the Bat Mitzvah.
C) Restructuring established religions and blending in non-masculinist beliefs, such as Goddess worship.
D) Leaving traditional religion and establishing religious communities based on gender-inclusive beliefs, such as Wicca.

Question 20

With regard to gender and religiosity trends in the United States, or how important individuals deem God and how often they attend services, which of the following is true?

A) Women are more religious than men.
B) Men are more religious than women.
C) Women in liberal religions are more religious than men.
D) Women's and men's levels of religiosity are about the same.