Deck 1: Studying Religion Through Practice

Question 1

What features of anthropology make it distinct from other disciplines?

A) long-term fieldwork
B) small-scale focus
C) holistic approach
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The embodied substance mangu is associated with which group of people?

A) The Azande of Southern Sudan
B) Gayo villagers in Sumatra
C) Wiccans in North America
D) Japanese fundamentalists

Answer 2

A

Question 3

How does the textbook define religion?

A) presumption of spirits, forces beings, and/or substances that transcend the everyday visible world
B) emotional and cognitive sense of otherworldly realms
C) practice of interacting with otherworldly realms and beings to accomplish certain ends or fulfill an obligation
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The textbook argues which of the following about multidisciplinary research approaches?

A) They are not useful because researchers from different backgrounds disagree about theoretical frameworks.
B) They are not useful because researchers from different backgrounds disagree about methodological approaches.
C) They are useful because they highlight rather than hide the distinctive contributions made by each discipline.
D) They are useful because they point out flaws in the approaches unique to each discipline.

Question 5

Omar Mateen's killing spree at an Orlando, FL nightclub was clearly linked to which of the following?

A) terrorism
B) radical Islam
C) homophobia
D) none of the above

Question 6

Popular definitions of "modern" religion often leave out which of the following?

A) religious texts
B) particular historical forms and forces that produced religion
C) deities
D) places of worship

Question 7

What is the benefit of an outsider (or an etic observer) researching the practice of religion?

A) They will be accepted quickly into the communities of study.
B) Their perspective may be broader than that of the practitioners.
C) They will always be objective.
D) People will trust them more than insiders and give them difficult to access information.

Question 8

Interpretations of texts and doctrines are shaped by which of the following?

A) migrations and diasporas
B) local treatments of death
C) the relationship between state and religion
D) all of the above

Question 9

The textbook argues that anthropology has paid little attention to which of the following?

A) religion
B) globalization
C) internal diversity
D) legal systems

Question 10

Most anthropologists of religion who teach in North America and Europe usually carry out their fieldwork where?

A) Within North American and Europe
B) Outside of North America and Europe
C) Where their advisors first did fieldwork
D) In a place where anthropologists have not yet been