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6. What two religions have similar characteristics to Calvinism?

  • Hinduism and Confucianism
  • Confucianism and Christianity
  • Islam and Christianity

7. What does Karl Kautsky say Weber overestimates?

  • The power of God
  • The power of ideas
  • The power of religion
  • The power of the economy

8. Why did the New Christian Right fail as a movement for change?

  • They do not meet the beliefs about diversity in England
  • They do not meet the beliefs about diversity in America
  • They met the religion about diversity in Armenia

9. Capitalism developed in every country where there were Calvinists.

  • False
  • True

10. What does asceticism mean?

  • God has already chosen who can be saved
  • God is omnipotent
  • Abstinence from luxury
  • Abstinence from alcohol

11. Who argues that religion brought about Capitalism?

  • Bellah
  • Bruce
  • Weber
  • Durkheim

12. What two characteristics of Calvinism are similar to those of Capitalism?

  • Teetotal and dedicated
  • Ascetism and Predestination
  • Transcendence and self-denial

13. In what way did religion help the American Civil Rights Movement?

  • It made public opinion wide spread
  • It provided a source of ideas
  • It protected black people

14. Which is an example of Religion being a conservative force?

  • Wedding vows containing the words 'Obey'
  • The layout of the church
  • Making the clergy donate money