Chapter 10 Final

Question 1

Witchcraft

Answer 1

The ability of a person to cause harm by means of a personal power that resides within the body of the witch

Question 2

Heresy

Answer 2

Crimes against God

Question 3

Inquisition

Answer 3

A unit of the Roman Catholic Church that convened to judge cases of heresy.

Question 4

Neo-Paganism

Answer 4

revival of pre-Christian religious practice.

Question 5

Legitimating Myths

Answer 5

stories which people use to justify their values, actions, and identities.
Religion can contribute to social cohesion and social conflict at the same time.

Question 6

3 Types

Answer 6

− Religion and social conflict

1. between religious groups (Northern Ireland, Catholics, Protestants)
2. within a religious group (same-sex civil unions and Christianity in Canada)
3. between a sectarian religious group and a larger society (Westboro Baptists, Fred Phelps

Question 7

Religious Particularism

Answer 7

is the viewing of one’s own religious group as the only legitimate religion

Question 8

Deviance

Answer 8

behaviour that is contrary to norms of conduct or expectations of a social group.

Question 9

Heresy

Answer 9

a term used by members of religious community to indicate illegitimate beliefs or practices.

Question 10

Religion promoting social change

Answer 10

social gospel, Canada
−	liberation theology, Latin Am
−	civil rights movement
−	anti-Apartheid
−	1979 in Iran
−	1980 in USA

Question 11

Change promoting

Answer 11

1. Religious ideas and meanings
2. Religious imagery – symbols of ideas.
3. Leadership
   Priestly / Prophetic
   Prophetic leadership

Question 12

Religious group

Answer 12

− ‘power’ – ability to control, influence, manipulate the behaviour of others; ability to attain goals, carry out desires

Question 13

Liberation Theology

Answer 13

− School of Christian thought, developed especially by Latin American RC theologians emphasizing ‘preferential option for the poor’, addressing issues of poverty and social justice in marxian terms (power, stratification), connecting liberation from social, political, economic oppression with ideas of ultimate salvation

Question 14

Social Gospel

Answer 14

− school of thought in Canadian religious, social and political life since the 1890’s which relates Christian ideas to the collective ills of industrializing society
− JS Woodsworth
− Tommy Douglas
− Stanley Knowles
− Seniors’ pensions, employment insurance, health insurance, working conditions, minimum wage

Question 15

Religion and Change

Answer 15

− How will religion function in a given society, in a given situation?
− In a pluralist society, which religions/relig groups will resist/promote change?