FINAL: Ch. 14 Religion

Question 1

Any set of unified system of beliefs and practices about sacred things

Answer 1

Religion

Question 2

Entities that are set apart and given a special meaning that transcends existence

Answer 2

Sacred

Question 3

Non-sacred aspects of life

Answer 3

Profane

Question 4

Set of meanings attached to sacred meanings

Answer 4

Transcendent reality

Question 5

Rarest type of religion where there is no separation of church and state and no separation between citizenship and church membership

Answer 5

Ecclesia

Question 6

Several religious organizations that most members of a society accept as legitimate.

• ->membership is voluntary
• ->most American churches

Answer 6

Denomination

Question 7

Organization based on new ideas and beliefs

–>they believe that some values of early group were lost

Answer 7

Sect

Question 8

Organization based on new ideas and beliefs

• ->rigidity in thinking
• ->authoritarian structure

Answer 8

Cults

Question 9

Ways in which people express religious interests

Answer 9

Religiosity

Question 10

Sacred loses influence over society

Answer 10

Secularization

Question 11

A public religion that expresses a strong tie between a deity and a culture

Answer 11

Civil religion

Question 12

A private religion that is substituted for formal religious organizations and practices

Answer 12

Invisible religion

Question 13

Based on the rejection of secularization and the corresponding close adherence to traditional beliefs

Answer 13

Fundamentalism