Persons of low status are more likely to join and actively participate in all sorts of organizations, and the joining of churches and attending services are another manifestation of this tendency.
a. true
b. false
Question 2There has been a secularization of religion by social class such that the more education and income one has the less likely one is to find religion important and to hold religious beliefs.
a. true
b. false
Question 3Residential segregation patterns are a factor in the segregation of churches by race.
a. true
b. false
Question 4The issue of the legitimacy of slavery divided some white congregations and denominations (e.g., the Southern Baptist Convention was a denomination conceived out of this conflict).
a. true
b. false
Question 5Persons of high status are more involved in church than persons of low status, but this is not a good measure of religiosity.
a. true
b. false
Question 6A cult is a new religion with practices and teachings at odds with the dominant culture and religion.
a. true
b. false
Question 7The accommodation or resistance to the secular world is the fundamental difference between a church and a sect.
a. true
b. false
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