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Who was one of the first to study religion?

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Emilr Durkheim

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Who wrote The Elementary Forms of Religious Life?

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Emile Durkheim

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When was The Elementary Forms of Religious Life written?

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1912

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What did Durkheim conclude after surveying different communities in the world?

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— All religions are different.
— All religions develop a community around their practices and beliefs.

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What are two important symbols in religion?

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Sacred and profane

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Supernatural; events that have significance in religion

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Sacred

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Events not concerned with religion, part of everyday life

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Profane

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What are the elements of religion?

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— System of beliefs
— Practices
— Community of believers

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Categorization of sacred and profane

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System of beliefs

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Rituals based on beliefs

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Practices

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Believers of religion; it unites and divide people

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Community of believers

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True or False: Larger community means larger social ties.

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True

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A moral community centered on beliefs and practices regarding the sacred

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Church

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A ___ community centered on beliefs and practices regarding the ___

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moral, sacred

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Who said that a church is a moral community centered on beliefs and practices regarding the sacred?

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Emile Durkheim

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Group of people who are united by their religious practices

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Church

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A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things… things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called church

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Religion

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A ___ system of beliefs and practices relative to ___ things… things set apart and ___—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called ___

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unified, sacred, forbidden, church

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Who said religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things… things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called church?

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Emile Durkheim

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Belief in spiritual beings

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Religion (Tylor, 1903)

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Who said religion is belief in spiritual beings?

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Edward Burnett Tylor, an anthropologist

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___ ___ by uniting ___ for a community that shares ___ and ___. (functionalist perspective on religion)

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Fosters, social solidarity, believers, values, perspectives

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True or False: Religion provides guidance and unites.

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True

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True or False: Religion does not resist social change and cannot lead change.

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False

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True or False: Churchgoers die early.
False
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Why do churchgoers have low mortality rate?
— Investment in *social roles that produce self-worth and purpose* in life. — *Experiencing positive emotions* from worship and interacting with like-minded people. — Learning calming ways of coping with crises from compassionate role models (*e.g. no smoking and drinking*)
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What are the dysfunctions of religion?
— Religious persecution — War and Terrorism
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Special commission of Roman Catholic Church to torture women to make them confess that they are witches
Inquisition
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Protestant leaders in ___, ___ executed ___ women and men for being ___
Salem, Massachusetts, 21, witches
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When did Protestant leaders kill 21 men and women in Salem, Massachusetts for being witches?
1692
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Where did approximately 1000 witches get killed in a single purge?
Congo
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When did approximately 1000 witches get killed in a single purge?
2001
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What religion offered virgins to appease angry Gods?
Aztec
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___ monarchs conducted ___ bloody ___ in an attempt to wrest control of the region they called ___ from the ___.
Christian, 9, crusades, The Holy Land, Muslims
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True or False: Christian monarchs wanted to take back Jerusalem.
True
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To provide ___ and ___ ___ for their members. *(symbolic interactionalist perspective on religion)*
identity, social solidarity
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Ceremonies or repetitive practices
Rituals
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Symbols and rituals are developed from where?
Beliefs
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Unified picture of how the world was formed
Cosmology
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True or False: Beliefs only include values, not cosmology.
False
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True or False: The conflict perspective on religion is that it supports the status quo to perpetuate social inequality.
True
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What did Karl Marx write regarding the conflict of religion?
Opium of The People
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What did Karl Marx label religion?
Opium of the people
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Who said religion is the opium of the people?
Karl Marx
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___ is the ___ of the ___ creature, the ___ of a heartless word. It is the ___ of the people.
Religion, sigh, oppressed, sentiment, opium
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True or False: Religion distorts reality in a way that it justifies and tolerates inequality as God’s plan or a test of resilience.
True
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True or False: The functional perspective says that the social arrangement of a society represents what God desires.
False
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Who said that religion helped capitalism flourish?
Max Weber and Emile Durkheim
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What countries helped capitalism flourish?
European countries
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True or False: Asian countries also pioneered the flourishing of capitalism through religion.
False
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True or False: Roman Catholics held on the tradition of capitalism.
True
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Version of protestantism studied by Weber
Calvinism
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What book did German sociologist Max Weber write about Protestantism?
The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism
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What year did Max Weber write The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism?
1905
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True or False: Capitalism flourished in European countries which generally followed Protestantism.
True
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The self-denying approach of spending money, being frugal, and avoiding idleness and needless spending
The Protestant Ethic
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The belief that God has predetermined who will receive salvation and who will not
Predestination
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The belief that God has predetermined who will receive salvation and who will not
Predestination
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What was the Protestant’s ethic of the concept of predestination according to Calvinism?
Heaven and hell
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What should be done to receive salvation according to Calvinism? Give two.
— Be frugal to live moral lives. — Avoid idleness and needless spending as it is a sign of wordliness (sin).
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True or False: Luxuries are not a sin in Calvinism.
False
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True or False: As people worked hard, the income that they received from businesses were spent.
False
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What happened with the money Calvinists earned from their businesses?
— They invest it as capital. — Business earns income. — They reinvest it. Cycle goes on.
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Accumulation of capital, investment, and reinvesment
Spirit of Capitalism
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Believes in divine element
Cult
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Derives teachings from real or legendary figures
Cult
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A loosely knit and exclusive special group
Cult
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True or False: Cult is larger than sect.
False
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Breakaway from mainstream church
Sect
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Special group that invites or recruits members
Sect
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Mainstream religion
Church
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A highly bureaucrutized, with long existence and large community, special group
Church
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Claims to possess the truth
Church
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Group that recruits through childbirth
Church
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Group where government and religion work together
Ecclesia
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Group recruits through citizenship
Ecclesia
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Bizarre and deviant group that is an odd to dominant culture and religion
Cult
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Group where participation varies
Cult
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Group that may harbor mutual suspicion because it is denied by mainstream church
Sect
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Participation is strict and ascetic (self-disciplined)
Sect
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Embraced by everyone
Church
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Compromises prevailing culture and politics like monogamy
Church
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Participation is moderate in demand
Church
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Well integrated into society
Ecclesia
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Participation mostly includes ceremonies
Ecclesia

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