Anthropology of Religion

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Religious Adaptation and Change

True/False Quiz


1	In the Malleus Maleficarum, women are portrayed as less spiritual and more prone to sin than men.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The veneration of the zebu cow in India is a good illustration of the irrationality of religious ideology and practice.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Most religions jealously guard their own beliefs and practices from contamination by those of other religions.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Although religion cannot reverse the social process of secularization, membership in a religious community can offer those who experience the loss of an integrated community as a source of personal stress a community-like environment in which they can participate in a religious setting.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	According to the text, mystical or religious episodes experienced as contact with a supernatural being are rare.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Millenarianism typically involves the belief that society will evolve to a Golden Age state.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	According to sociologist Bryan Wilson, secularization tends to develop when a society changes from being organized around personal relationships to a more impersonal and bureaucratic social organization.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	An apocalypse is a "Golden Age."
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Relative deprivation is also known as relative poverty.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	According to Fatima Mernissi, Islamic fundamentalism is the product of low education.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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