Chp. 15 Quiz

_______________ is a sect that has gained numerous followers and has become highly bureaucratized.

Church

On any given day, there is often a story about prayer in schools in the news. For decades people have disagreeing over the constitutionality of prayer in schools. This controversy is a great example of the tension between:

Church and State

____________________ are religions with beliefs in multiple Gods.

Polytheistic Religions

________________ refers to that which is part of the regular everyday life experience.

Profane

_______________ is a unified system of beliefs, rituals, and practices that typically involve a broader community of believers who share common definitions of the sacred and the

Religion

Which position describes Karl Marx's view of religion and society?

Religion simply kept the Proletariat in their low social class.

_________________ refers to supernatural, divine, awe inspiring, and spiritually significant aspects of our existence.

Sacred

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

Sacred; profane

Megachurches have become popular in certain parts of the United States. Where else in the world are megachurches widely popular?

South Korea

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