lecture 10: religion

Question 1

Church

Answer 1

bureaucratic religious organization that
accommodated itself to mainstream society
and culture

Question 2

Ecclesia

Answer 2

state supported churches

Question 3

Denominations

Answer 3

streams of belief and practice
that some churches allow to coexist

Question 4

Sect

Answer 4

Groups that usually form by breaking away
from churches due to disagreement about
church doctrine

Question 5

criteria of sect

Answer 5

1. Less integrated into society, less
   bureaucratized
2. often led by charismatic leaders

Question 6

cult

Answer 6

Small groups of people deeply committed to
religious vision that rejects mainstream culture and
society

Question 7

Durkheim and religion: what he stood for

Answer 7

The effects of rituals
(and religion) is to
reinforce social
solidarity

Question 8

5 beliefs Durkheim held

Answer 8

1. Collective
   Conscience
2. Profane
3. Sacred
4. Totems
5. Rituals

Question 9

Collective
Conscience

Answer 9

The common sentiments
and values that people
share as a result of living
together

Question 10

Profane

Answer 10

Refers to the secular,
everyday world

Question 11

Sacred

Answer 11

Refers to the religious,
transcendent world

Question 12

Totems

Answer 12

Objects that symbolize the
sacred

Question 13

Rituals

Answer 13

Set practices designed to
connect people to the
sacred

Question 14

conflict theory and religion: Routinization of charisma

Answer 14

divine enlightenment into a permanent feature of everyday life

Question 15

what does conflict theory involve (Weber)

Answer 15

Turning religious inspiration into stable social institutions
ex: defined roles (interpreters of the divine
message, teachers, dues-paying laypeople, and so on)

Question 16

feminist theory (MARX?????????) what he believed women to be

Answer 16

religion often tranquilizes the underprivileged into accepting their lot in life.

Question 17

feminist theory and marx evidence

Answer 17

1. Catholicism, Muslim mullahs, Jewish orthodox rabbis must be men
2. condenses women in subservient positions
3. Islamic law

Question 18

symbolic interactionism and religion

Answer 18

1. formed Protestant ethic
2. focused on what religion means to people
3. created by Weber

Question 19

intersectional approach

Answer 19

assumption that women who wear veils are victims of patriarchy,
oppressed by their husbands or male relatives, or live in a sexist
culture

Question 20

secularization thesis

Answer 20

religious institutions, actions,
and consciousness are on the
decline worldwide

Question 21

readvised secularization

Answer 21

religious institutions, actions, and consciousness are unlikely to disappear, but they are certainly on the decline worldwide. More personal choice

Question 22

Secularism

Answer 22

government and public
institutions do not have religious affiliation

Question 23

Market Model

Answer 23

religious organizations are suppliers of services such as
- counselling
- pastoral care
- youth activities
- men’s and women’s groups
- performance groups

Question 24

what does market model predict?

Answer 24

predicts that in such countries, religiosity, as measured by, say, frequency of attendance at religious services, will be relatively high.

Question 25

Religisoity in the market

Answer 25

frequency of attendance at religious services will be relatively high

Question 26

Religiosity

Answer 26

the degree to which religion is important to people

Question 27

spirituality

Answer 27

different ways in a non-traditional manner to find meaning