Deck 19: E: Religion

Question 1

Compare and contrast the six world religions surveyed in the chapter.What do they have in common? How do they differ? What are the general differences between Western and Eastern religions?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What is secularization? Is secularization a reality in Canada? That is,is religion getting weaker,stronger,or simply changing its character? Provide evidence to support your arguments.

Answer 2

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Question 3

Construct a 7-10 question survey to measure the religiousity of your classmates.Critique your questions.

Answer 3

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Question 4

What factors lead some analysts to characterize Canada as a "post-denominational" society? How do "seekers" pursue spirituality without being connected to traditional religious organizations?

Question 5

Compare and contrast 2 Western and 2 Eastern religions.

Question 6

Based on the ideas of Emile Durkheim,identify three functions of religion for society.In light of these functions,do you think that a decline in the importance of religion might threaten Canadian society? If so,how? Could the family and,perhaps,the school "take over" some of religion's functions? Why or why not?

Question 7

Discuss the various types of religious organizations: church (and its two sub-types,state church and denomination),sect,and cult.Exactly how are they different? Is one kind of organization "better" than another? If so,how and why? Do they come into being for the same reasons? What evidence is there that they appeal to different categories of people?

Question 8

Discuss the relationship between religion and technology.Will technology help or hinder religion in the future? Will it change the face and/or nature of religion in the future? What will be the impact on the religious individual? Explain,using specific examples

Question 9

Develop a religious program for television and/or some other form of media that would reach out to young people.Be creative here.Specify how your ideas would specifically capture the attention of young people.How are your ideas different from the types of programming out there right now? What types of media might you utilize here? Why?

Question 10

How strong is religiousity in Canada? Obviously,the answer to this question depends on precisely how one measures "religiousity." Discuss various ways to do this and how they yield somewhat different pictures of religiousity.