Sociology Chapter 16 Quiz example #62386

The trend in industrial nations toward a separation between church and state, a belief in rationality and science, and the movement away from religiosity and spiritual belief is known as:

Ethicalism is the ________; examples of it are ________.

Which of the following is a negative social function of religion? Religion can:

If Peter Berger read this data about belief in God by country, he would conclude that:

Which of the following reflects the growing trend of "buy and return" activity, or "religious shopping," in reference to faith?

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?

For some followers of religion, ________ such as dancing can make the religious experience feel more authentic and real.

Which question is a sociologist of religion most likely to ask?

Which of the following contains evidence to support the conflict perspective of religion?

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

Marissa is a Catholic of Mexican descent and has recently immigrated to the United States. She studies the civil rights movement wanting to apply her findings to her immigrant community as they seek upward mobility and inclusion in the United States. She is most likely to:

With regard to gender and religion, which of the following statements is supported by research?

What percentage of Americans claim a religious affiliation?

A branch of Christianity believed that their souls were selected for salvation before birth. This is known as:

Émile Durkheim felt that one of the major functions of religion was that it perpetuates:

Some sociologists of religion, such as Kelly Besecke, study how people reconcile scientific knowledge with religious beliefs. Besecke found that American Christians practice "reflexive spirituality." This means that people:

A religious movement that makes some new claims about the supernatural and does not easily fit within the sect-church cycle is called:

Which of the following defines a church?

Which of the following is an example of how social solidarity and collective conscience function?

Research has shown that religious attendance and affiliation are inversely correlated with alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. Which of the following is a valid conclusion of this?

In a battle between church and state, what did the French government ban in 2004?

Which of the following is a central belief of evangelical Protestants?

The difference between evangelical Protestants and fundamentalist Christians is that fundamentalists:

Jeremy used to be religious, but after he spent a summer doing antipoverty advocacy work in New Orleans, he became an atheist. He says, "I agree with Karl Marx! Religion really is the opium of the masses." Which of the following statements reflects Jeremy's agreement with Marx?

According to Karl Marx, one of the ways a factory owner (the owner of the means of production) would control his or her workers (the propertyless) would be through religion. This was done by:

According to Max Weber, in order to understand what drives social action, we must try to understand what meanings social realities have for others. This is called:

The linking of social movements with religion demonstrates the:

A pastor is founding a community church with a core belief in gender equality. Sociological research predicts that the pastor is likely to see:

Today, sociologists tend to study religion from a ________ perspective. This allows them to look at everyday human interactions, practices, and beliefs on a small scale.

Tammy is a student who does fieldwork in a low-income neighborhood near her college. She interviews women who say they are very religious but don't go to church. She interprets these data after reading Susan Crawford Sullivan's research, which explains that low-income religious women often don't go to church both because of logistics and because of stigma. Because of this, their religion is: