(Henslin 12e Test Bank) (13—12)
TB_Q13.6.30
After doing a survey of worldwide religions, Durkheim defined _____ as beliefs
and practices that separate the profane from the sacred and unite its adherents into
a moral community.
a. delusion
b. the church
c. the truth
d. religion
TB_Q13.7.31
One of the positive functions of religion is to
a. provide emotional comfort in times of need.
b. persecute nonbelievers.
c. justify war.
d. justify terrorism.
TB_Q13.7.32
When it comes to persecution, the history of religion shows that
a. persecution is universally condemned.
b. religion is frequently used as a justification for persecution.
c. persecution occurred in past centuries, but not in the present century.
(Henslin 12e Test Bank) (13—13)
d. persecution is universally encouraged.
TB_Q13.8.33
In religion, _____is (are) observances or rites often intended to evoke a sense of
awe of the sacred.
a. symbols
b. rituals
c. sacred texts
d. artwork
TB_Q13.8.34
Cosmology refers to
a. astronomy.
b. values about how we ought to live.
c. teachings or ideas that provide a unified picture of the world.
d. a religious experience.
TB_Q13.8.35
When we have a sudden awareness of the supernatural or a feeling of coming in
contact with God, this is a(n)
a. religious experience.
b. example of ritual.
c. religious symbol.
d. example of cosmology.
TB_Q13.9.36
Religion supports the status quo and helps to maintain social inequalities,
according to the _____ perspective of sociology.
a. functionalist
b. born again
c. symbolic interactionist
d. conflict
TB_Q13.9.37
_____ said that religion is the opium of the people.
a. Weber
b. Marx
c. Robertson
d. Ché Guevara
TB_Q13.9.38
Before the American Civil War, Southern ministers used scripture to defend
slavery from the pulpit. This is an example of the use of religion to
a. question authority.
b. foment change.
c. legitimate social inequalities.
d. stress that we are all equal in the eyes of God.
TB_Q13.10.39
_____ is the transformation of traditional societies into industrial societies.
a. Modernization
b. The Protestant ethic
c. Animism
d. Reincarnation
TB_Q13.10.40
Weber used the term spirit of capitalism to describe the desire to accumulate
capital
a. to deprive the poor of the means to live.
b. as an end in itself.
c. in order to help those less fortunate.
d. in order to spend it.
TB_Q13.10.41
How do sociologists today react to Weber’s thesis that religion held the key to
modernization?
a. The theory is generally reviled.
b. Sociologists continue to test Weber’s theory.
c. All sociologists agree with the theory.
d. Weber’s theory has had no influence on sociology.
TB_Q13.11.42
A(n) _____ is a new religion with few followers, whose teachings and practices
put it at odds with the dominant culture and religion.
a. sect
b. ecclesia
c. church
d. cult
TB_Q13.11.43
(Henslin 12e Test Bank) (13—17)
Taken literally, _____ is an extraordinary gift from God.
a. charisma
b. evangelism
c. ecclesia
d. a sect
TB_Q13.11.44
Although larger than a cult, a _____ still feels substantial hostility from and
toward society.
a. religion
b. sect
c. church
d. state religion
TB_Q13.11.45
All religions began as
a. ecclesia.
b. sects.
c. animism.
d. cults.
TB_Q13.11.46
(Henslin 12e Test Bank) (13—18)
It is difficult to tell where _____ ends and society’s dominant culture begins,
because they are so integrated.
a. a cult
b. an ecclesia
c. a sect
d. evangelism
TB_Q13.12.47
In the United States, religion is
a. independent of status consistency.
b. stratified by social class.
c. mainly made up of sects.
d. unaffected by social class.
TB_Q13.12.48
In the United States, the _____ of churches is based on _____.
a. integration; law.
b. segregation; law.
c. segregation; custom.
d. integration; custom.
TB_Q13.12.49
With hundreds of denominations in the United States,
a. there is no dominant religion.
b. the Episcopal Church is the dominant religion.
c. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion.
d. historical black churches make up the dominant religion.
TB_Q13.12.50
The American attitude toward the variety of religions can be summed up as
a. incredulity.
b. disdain for every religion except what one deems the correct religion.
c. ignoring them all.
d. tolerance.
Essay Questions
TB_Q13.2.51: How do schools bring about social integration?
TB_Q13.2.52: Describe gatekeeping.
TB_Q13.3.53: According to Bowles and Gintis (1976), what characteristics of
society match which characteristics of schools?
TB_Q13.6.54: According to Durkheim, what are the three elements of religion?
TB_Q13.7.55
According to the functionalist perspective, what positive functions does religion
serve?