Selection of a successor leader in a sect is done by a process called the ________, which involves an organization's attempt to transmit the charisma of the former leader to a new one.
a. church hierarchy
b. routinization of charisma
c. divine calling
d. nomination and election process
Question 2In a ________ there is a hierarchy of authority, with those at the top being trained for their vocation.
a. sect
b. church
c. cult
d. denomination
Question 3In 2010, ________ of Americans professed to believe in God or a universal spirit.
a. 32
b. 52
c. 72
d. 92
Question 4Identify which of the following is not one of the central themes that civil religion has taken in U.S. society.
a. Most people believe that God has a special destiny for the United States.
b. Most people expect religion to maintain the status quo.
c. Most people are enjoined to stand up for certain principles (e.g., freedom, individualism, equal opportunity).
d. Most people believe the state is an enemy of the church and the people.
Question 5As a result of his study of the religion of the Australian aborigines, Durkheim concluded that what the group worships is really ________.
a. God
b. society itself
c. totems
d. None of the above
Question 6Some 70 percent of the world's inhabitants identify with ___________________.
a. Islam only
b. atheism and Christianity
c. one of five major world religions
d. Catholicism and Hinduism
Question 7According to Marx, religion ______ social change by making existing social arrangements seem right and inevitable.
a. inhibits
b. promotes
c. welcomes
d. sanctions
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