SOC 100 Religion Chap 15

A sociologist studying how religious beliefs become so deeply rooted in people that they can hate people of other religions probably is:

A conflict theorist

When Hildegard visited a Church of Christ, she realized just how similar their practices and beliefs are to her regular denomination of choice, the Episcopalian Church. These similarities probably mean that the Church Christ is:

A sect within the Christian faith.

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

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

What did Marx and Freud see as the downfall of religion that would lead to the secularization of society?

Modernization of society

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

Religion simply kept the Proletariat in their low social class.

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

Religion was pushed out of society as countries began to industrialize.

Which two words did Emile 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

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

Talmud; Torah