Beliefs and Ideas
- Created by: QUIETONE
- Created on: 07-03-16 12:46
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2. which of the following statements LEAST accurately describes aspects of polythethic and monotheistic religion?
- all the major religions are monotheistic in nature
- they both share a belief in the sacred, an element of faith in the supernatural rather than the evidence
- With polytheistic religions, there are many different gods
3. Which of the following, LEAST accurately describes aspects of totems and animism?
- Toteism is a belief that the sun and the moon and other celestial bodies are supernatural in nature
- Both are associated with tribal societies and are known as primal-indigenous
- Animism involves a belief in the agency of spirits
4. What is the least accurate definition that describes an aspect of substansive definitions of religion?
- Taylor in 1903 is an example of a sociologist who advocated this definition.
- Substantive definitions excludes phenomena such as New Age Movements, Pagan beliefs and Voodoo magic.
- Durkhiem was critical of these definitions as they were too vague and ill defined.
- Definitions, focus on the exsistance of belief in spiritual beings
5. Which statement about secularization is LEAST accurate?
- In the future this would be private matter rather than public.
- Classical sociologists (e.g. Marx and Weber) disagreed on the extent to which science would usurp religion.
- secularization holds that as science is better able to origins the world; there would be a loss of faith in religion.
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