According to the order perspective, as people meet to affirm common beliefs and values, they are bound together in a ____________community.
a. moral
b. simple
c. open
d. traditional
Question 2By constraining the behavior of the community of believers, religion provides ________.
a. a social control function
b. motivation
c. harmony
d. none of the above
Question 3Consequences of religion include
a. Formulating common values to be cherished.
b. creating sins to be avoided.
c. creating a sense of unity through a similar religious heritage and beliefs.
d. formulating symbols to be revered.
Question 4It was ________, the French sociologist, who wrote The Elementary Forms of Religious Life in 1912.
a. Herbert Spencer
b. Karl Marx
c. Max Weber
d. Emile Durkheim
Question 5________ is/are an important consequence of a group of people having the same religious heritage and beliefs.
a. High moral standards
b. Altruism
c. Faith
d. Unity
Question 6Religion ________ society's social structures by becoming intertwined with secular beliefs and by providing religious blessings to the values and institutions of secular society.
a. legitimizes
b. undermines
c. sanctifies
d. creates