The term megachurch is defined as a church with at least _____ in attendance each week.
Question 2Jane has recently joined a religious organization that focuses on evangelism and the literal truth of the Bible. Her place of worship is most likely
Question 3The two categories of fundamentalist Christians are ________ and ________.
Question 4To Marx, religion promotes the status quo by teaching the powerless to accept
a. a belief system in which the sacred is separate from the secular.
b. that people bestow the notion of the sacred onto something, rather than that object being intrinsically sacred.
c. the idea of single God in three persons.
d. religious beliefs that are against their own interests.
Question 5In Karl Marx's view, religion _____ societal change by making existing social arrangements seem right and inevitable.
a. enshrines
b. encourages
c. inhibits
d. moderates
Question 6According to Emile Durkheim, as people meet to affirm common beliefs and values, they are bound together in a
a. sect.
b. moral community.
c. cult.
d. kinship group.
Question 7Emile Durkheim's study of the role of the totem in the religion of Australian aborigines led him to the conclusion that
a. people bestow the notion of the sacred onto something, rather than the object being intrinsically sacred.
b. the powerless are taught to accept religious beliefs that are against their own interests.
c. religion is the ultimate tool to promote false consciousness.
d. religion is both a source of stability and a source of conflict.
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