Chapter 15: Religion

Which sociological theorist believes that religion is important to society because it adds meaning to people's lives and provides answers to difficult questions?

A structural functionalist

Jen, which is the lesson of treating everyone kindly, comes from the teachings of:

Confucius

Martha and Arnie began mobilizing the members of their church to send letters to the government asking them to address the increase of poverty when they realized that the poor in their community were being neglected. This is an example of:

Liberation theology

Freud and Marx saw the _________________________ of society to be the downfall of religion, which would then lead to the secularization of society.

Modernization

If you are interested in examining how ordinary objects become sacred, which theoretical approach will assist you most when analyzing this?

Symbolic interactionism

The yin-yang symbol, virtue of moderation and being concerned with a more spiritual level of being are central to which religion:

Taoism

The four basic rules, known as Noble Truths, comes from what religion?

Buddhism

The perspective that religion simply kept the Proletariat in their low social class connects with who's view of religion and society?

Karl Marx

Which category does a religion that involves worshiping three different and separate gods fall into:

Polytheism

Max Weber saw and studied which of the following correlations between religion and society?

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