Religion in Sociology

A unified system of beliefs and practices concerned with sacred things

• Profane

• Religion

• Jazzercise

• Politics

Sacred means....

Profane is

• Ugly

• Unholy

• Not Sacred

• Holy

Virtually all societies have had some form of religion since 5000 BC

• True

• False

The essential function of religion is to

• Provide through sacred symbols

• A mirror for members of society to see themselves

• Neither answers provided are correct

• Both these are correct

Religion...

• encourages a sense of unity

• Promotes a sense of belonging

• Provides a sense of individualism

• Provides no meaning beyond day to day life

There is social order without religious commitments.

• True

• False

The obligation to reinvest money in business rather than to spend it

• The sacred canopy

• Protestant Ethic

• The spirit of capitalism

• Jazzercising

The joke "Drink the Koolaid" came from which form of religious organization?

• Sect

• Denomination

• Church

• Cult

A church and a denomination are the same thing

• False

• True