soci ch 15

How many pillars are essential to the Islamic faith?

5

Some believe that religion is important because it offers emotional comfort and provides answers to difficult questions. A sociologist following which theory would agree with this statement?

A structural functionalist

If someone who follows the teaching of Confucius mentions the word jen, they are referring to:

A teaching that everyone should be treated kindly.

When Rosa and Sergei realized that the poor were being neglected in their city, they mobilized the members of their synagogue to send letters to the government asking them to fix the growing rate of poverty, or at least, fund the citizens so they might help their neighbors. This is an example of:

Liberation Theology

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was written by:

Max Weber

What name do Buddhists give to their four basic rules?

Noble Truths

Samantha worships three different and separate gods. Her religion falls into which category?

Polytheism

Which of the following is NOT true of the sociological approach to religion?

Religion is a symbol of high culture

According to Karl Marx:

Religion is the opium of the people

What correlation between religion and society did Max Weber see and study?

Religion was very influential over the economy and the habits of workers

Which two words did Émile Durkheim use to distinguish between religious objects and non-religious objects?

Sacred; profane

You are interested, like Durkheim, in how ordinary objects become sacred. Which theoretical approach will help you most in analyzing the data you collect?

Symbolic interactionism

The ___________ records Jewish interpretations of the _____________ which is their sacred text.

Talmud; Torah

Which of the following religions believe in the divinity of nonhuman beings?

animism

A sociologist studying how religion maintains patterns of social inequality probably is:

conflic theorist