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6. What are definitions that focus on religion's effect on society?

  • Polythetic definitions
  • Functional definitions
  • Substantive definitions
  • Marxist definitions

7. What is 'disengagement'?

  • Seeing the failures in science
  • The decline of religious belief
  • Where religious institutions become less engaged with wider aspects ofsocial life
  • The population become disenchanted with the idea of religion

8. What was enlightenment?

  • Associated with 18th century where reason became leading principle
  • The period of being enlightened
  • Associated with 19th century where reason became leading principle
  • The decline in religious belief

9. What is the belief that only one viewpoint can be accepted?

  • Totalitarian
  • Monopoly of the truth
  • Charismatic leader
  • Ideology

10. Define 'polytheistic'.

  • Religions defined by characteristics
  • Non-religious groups
  • Relgions based around gods
  • Religions based around more than one god

11. What is the name for religions that are based around one god?

  • Profane
  • Monotheistic religions
  • Polytheistic religions
  • Christianity

12. What is the name for things which are regarded with awe and reverence?

  • Totems
  • Sacred
  • Sacred canopy
  • Cultic/holistic milieu

13. Define a 'faith school'.

  • A school based around the principles of a religion
  • Schools regarded with awe and reverence
  • Rituals practiced inside schools
  • Learning about the ideas of religions

14. What are totems?

  • Sacred objects
  • Objects believed to have supernatural powers
  • Activities involving the spirit
  • Religious practices

15. What does 'ideology' mean?

  • Ideas
  • A set of ideas that legitimates the power of a group
  • Policies of a political party
  • Oppressive values

16. Define a polytheistic religion.

  • Events or activities that involve ritualistic patterns and generate similar sentiments
  • Religions based around the worship of many gods
  • Beliefs that give meaning to the world
  • Religions based around the worship of one god

17. The definition for events that cannot be explained by science.

  • Profane
  • Magic
  • Totems
  • Animism

18. Define 'secularisation'.

  • The decline of religious belief
  • Science dominating religion
  • Religious institutions become less engaged with the state
  • The fall in church attendance

19. The name for a philosophical approach based on free will and self-determination

  • Ascetic
  • Humanist
  • Sacred
  • Spiritual shopper

20. The theory of life developing through natural selection.

  • Spiritual shopper
  • Evolution
  • Ascetic
  • Enlightenment