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6. Who claimed men distort religion?

  • Marx
  • El Sadaawi
  • Woodhead
  • Malinowski

7. Who said religion is an instrument of deception?

  • Woodhead
  • Walby
  • De Beaviour
  • El Sadaawi

8. Who said there is a "steady and unremitting decline" in religion?

  • Bruce
  • Parsons
  • Wilson
  • Hamilton

9. Who identified six historical examples of how religion inspired social change, including Northern Ireland, Civil Rights Movement and Archbishop Tutu in South Africa?

  • Nelson
  • Lyotard
  • McGuire
  • Weber

10. Who looks at structural differentiation as a cause for secularisation?

  • Wilson
  • Hadden and Stark
  • Parsons
  • Weber

11. Who talks about 'Jesus in Disneyland' as a part of postmodern society?

  • Lyon
  • S & B
  • Berger and Luckmann
  • Grace Davie

12. Who said a sect's prescription for salvation is a factor in determining whether or not it becomes a denomination?

  • Stark and Bainbridge
  • Wilson
  • Barker
  • Wallis

13. Who said there was a decline in importance of religion for ethnic minorities?

  • Bruce
  • Modood
  • Davie
  • Pryce

14. Who talks about religion as ideological thought and utopian thought?

  • S & B
  • Grace Davie
  • Mannheim
  • Marx

15. Who refers to the ruling class ideological domination of society as hegemony?

  • Parsons
  • Marx
  • Gramsci
  • Malinowski

16. Who categorised NRMs as either world affirming, accommodating or rejecting?

  • Wallis
  • Niebuhr
  • Barker
  • Davie

17. Who said that religion promotes social solidarity by helping people deal with emotional stress?

  • Parsons
  • Malinowski
  • Durkheim
  • Marx

18. Who talks about the Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism?

  • Bruce
  • Popper
  • Weber
  • Wilson

19. Who said religion is the opium of the masses?

  • Walby
  • Maduro
  • Marx
  • Malinowski

20. Who said women are more religious because they are more time and are socialised to be more passive and caring?

  • Pryce
  • Davie
  • Miller and Hoffman
  • Bruce