Mini Exam 2

Question 1

According to Ryan Burge, what are the 3 B’s?

Answer 1

1) Belief
2) Behavior
3) Belonging

Question 2

When did the nones start to jump?

Answer 2

1988-1990

Question 3

What caused this shift in the nones?

Answer 3

The rise of the moral majority

Question 4

What does Ryan Burge refer to this jump as?

Answer 4

Hockey Stick jump

Question 5

Who are the Seven Sisters?

Answer 5

UMC, ELCA, Presbyterian Church USA, American Baptist, Episcopal Church, DoC, United Church of Christ

Question 6

What are the 6 categories from the PEW Research

Answer 6

1) E.P.
2) Mainline
3) Roman Catholic Church
4) Black Protestant
5) Judaism
6) Other

Question 7

When did the nones surpass the EPs?

Answer 7

2018

Question 8

Where are the nones coming from?

Answer 8

People leaving traditions or not starting them

Question 9

What did the study at Ashtabula County accomplish?

Answer 9

35.8% reported church attendance every Sunday, but in reality 19.6% were actually in church

Question 10

What accounts for the discrepancy in the Ashtabula County report?

Answer 10

Social Desirability Bias

Question 11

What has also increased the nones?

Answer 11

Science
Growth in education
Improvement in wealth
As people get wealthier, religion becomes less important because they are not as vulnerable

Question 12

True or False: No group has surpassed 30%

Answer 12

True

Question 13

According to Ter Kuile, what makes a practice?

Answer 13

Intentionality
Attention
Repetition

Question 14

What is Ter Kuile’s thesis on connecting?

Answer 14

Make the connection with yourself
Who you are what you hope to be
Connecting with the people around you
Connects you with the natural world
Connecting with the transcendent
The impulse or intuition that there is something more or higher

You cannot achieve the first if you are not doing the others

Question 15

How does Ter Kuille define Secular spirituality

Answer 15

sacred moments

Question 16

What is Ter Kuile’s Thesis about Connecting

Answer 16

He starts by quoting Annie Dilliard- How we spend out days is how we spend our lives, meaning that our lives are right now and not something off in the future. As such, when we spend out lives in pursuit of one goal or acheivement, we are detached from ourselves and others, As such, this is unsustainable. In order to connect with ourselves, we must connect with all of our selves and not just the good/ praiseworthy parts. Ter Kuile cies Parker Palmer in defense that we must come to terms with who we really are in order to connect to ourself and by extension others. To be human you need to cultivate this authentic part of you or else you become cut off

Question 17

How many downloads and listeners did Ter Kuile get?

Answer 17

22 million downloads/ 70 thousand live listeners

Question 18

What is Ter Kuile’s thesis about reading?

Answer 18

When we read well, we are not reading to escape the world; we are reading to understand it

Question 19

What is Parker Palmer’s thesis on reading sacred texts?

Answer 19

Sacred texts are conversation partners that expand our reference points and force us to reflect on the culture we live in

Question 20

What are the Ethics of Reading as we discussed in class

Answer 20

You place yourself in the narrative
Exposure to different very different characters who are different from you
You have to be open minded
You must suspend disbelief