Question 1

To understand the role of religion in people's lives and how individuals value and experience their faiths, which type of sociological approach should we adopt?

Accepted Answer

microsociology.

Question 2

What percentage of Americans claim a religious affiliation?

Accepted Answer

86%

Question 3

Which of the following is a paradox about religion discussed in your text?

Accepted Answer

Religions that are more demanding of their followers grow faster than less-strict religions, but as a religion grows larger, it tends to become less strict.

Question 4

Civil religion is:

Accepted Answer

a set of sacred beliefs that become so commonly accepted by most people that they become part of a national culture.

Question 5

Which of the following does NOT contain evidence to support the conflict perspective of religion?

Accepted Answer

African American churches have been sources of social support, social networking, and political activism, as well as providing congregants with a haven from their marginalized place in society.

Question 6

According to Durkheim, religion is created by ____________, and religious expressions represent ____________.

Accepted Answer

social interaction; collective realities

Question 7

A ____________ is a group of people who get together for worship.

Accepted Answer

congregation

Question 8

Which of the following is a negative social function of religion?

Accepted Answer

Religion can justify differences between groups in society.

Question 9

The ____________ population of the United States has grown since the 1960s due to immigration from countries like Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with countries in the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

Muslim

Question 10

The idea that you are preselected by God for salvation is one of the basic tenets behind:

Accepted Answer

Protestantism.

Question 11

With regard to gender and religion, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

Women's organizations in churches have maintained their numbers even as women have entered the workforce in greater numbers since the 1970s.

Question 12

Secularization is:

Accepted Answer

the transformation of a society away from religion and toward a separation of religious and social institutions such as politics, the economy, and the family.

Question 13

Karl Marx referred to religion as the opium of the masses. By this, he meant which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

Religion pacifies people with promises of rewards in the afterlife; therefore, they do not challenge the subjugating, exploitative, and alienating social conditions in this life.

Question 14

College faculty members in the ____________ are much more likely to belong to churches and express religious commitment than are faculty in the ____________.

Accepted Answer

natural, physical, and engineering sciences; social sciences, law, and humanities

Question 15

The linking of social movements with religion demonstrates the:

Accepted Answer

powerful capacity of religion to shape the social world.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a central belief of evangelical Protestants?

Accepted Answer

Conversion is not required to be saved.

Question 17

In what way are the conclusions of Weber and Marx similar?

Accepted Answer

To Weber, people in the modern world are trapped in the iron cage; to Marx, people in the modern world are alienated.

Question 18

During the 1960s some social scientists touted the secularization theory. This theory predicted:

Accepted Answer

that the influence of religion would be diminished in the coming years.

Question 19

Maria and Steve are on summer vacation in Greece. They want to go into an old church to view the artwork inside, but before they are allowed to enter the church, a volunteer church worker asks them both to cover their bare legs and arms and provides them with coverings. This example illustrates:

Accepted Answer

how places considered sacred are often protected and set apart from what is considered profane.

Question 20

For some followers of religion, embodied practices make the religious experience feel more authentic and real. Which of the following is NOT an embodied practice?

Accepted Answer

beliefs.

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