Sociology Ch 10 Religion Review

According to your textbook, what do all religions have in common?

• moral laws about proper way to offer prayers & sacrifice

• a system of beliefs & rituals

• God(s) or other supernatural beings

• certain days that are considered holy

Attending religious services would be an example of

• extrinsic religiosity

• intrinsic religiosity

• unchurched spirituality

• spirituality

Intrinsic religiosity can be defined as

• any approach to religion that meets a person's needs

• a person's inner religious life

• the process where worldly concerns dominate a person's life

• cosmology that justifies behaviors as good or evil

Religious groups that emphasize literal interpretation of sacred texts are called

• intrinsic

• secular

• unchurched

• fundamentalist

What is a term for someone who labels themselves as "spiritual but not religious"?

• unchurched

• fundamentalist

• evangelical

• atheist

According to Terror in the Mind of God, what accounts for the rise in religious violence?

• the rise of Christian Evangelical fundamentalism

• extremist religious beliefs grant a sense of control

• the rise of Muslim fundamentalism

• growing dissatisfaction with separation of church & state

The fact that school schedules are organized around Christmas is evidence

• that the US is a secular society

• that the majority of Americans celebrate Christmas

• that the US is not a totally secular society

• of nothing; it's just a coincidence

A society that separates church and state is a ____ society.

• secular

• agnostic

• fundamentalist

• traditional

Sociologists limit their study of religion to those items that can be

• observed

• explained

• described

• experienced

Unified system of beliefs & practices concerned with sacred things

• sect

• denomination

• profane

• religion