Religion and Society
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Course Introduction
Religion and Society explores the complex interplay between religious beliefs, practices, and institutions with social structures and cultural norms. This course examines how religion shapes, and is shaped by, social processes such as identity formation, power dynamics, conflict and cohesion, and globalization. Students will analyze both historical and contemporary case studies from diverse traditions, considering topics like secularization, religious pluralism, and the role of religion in public life. Through interdisciplinary approaches, the course encourages critical thinking about religions influence on issues such as gender, race, law, and social change.
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Religions of the World 13th Edition by Lewis M. Hopfe
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Chapter 1: Native American Religions
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Q1) Traditional Native Americans believe that the soul exists in the land of the dead
A) for as long as the living remember the deceased.
B) until the deceased's last ancestor has passed.
C) until the deceased is seen in a vision quest.
D) always.
Answer: A
Q2) This ritual, performed by the native peoples of the Great Plains, requires self-torment or sacrifice.
A) Rain Dance
B) Sun Dance
C) Snow Dance
D) Spring Harvest Dance
Answer: B
Q3) During certain rituals, Native Americans smoke tobacco by placing it in a A) pipe.
B) tube.
C) glass bowl.
D) hollowed-out stick.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: African Religions
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the view of African religions with respect to the role of the creator of the world?
A) The creator actively participates in human affairs.
B) The creator is appealed to for daily needs.
C) The creator is punisher of the wicked.
D) The creator withdrew from the world after creation.
Answer: D
Q2) Islam first came to Africa during
A) the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad.
B) the nineteenth century.
C) the twentieth century.
D) the first wave of European colonization.
Answer: A
Q3) Lesser deities that often have special relationships with specific Yoruba villages are called
A)Orishas.
B)Olorun.
C)Nyambi.
D)Nuer.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Hinduism
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Q1) This follower of non-dualistic Vedanta and a priest of Kali in Calcutta is known as perhaps the greatest religious reformer of the nineteenth century.
A) Narendranath Dutt
B) Mohandas K. Gandhi
C) Sri Ramakrishna
D) Vivekananda
Answer: C
Q2) The love of this couple is the central theme of the Ramayana, the second of the great Indian epic poems.
A) Vishnu and Ganesha
B) Vishnu and Parvati
C) Vishnu and Lakshmi
D) Parvati and Lakshmi
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Buddhism
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Q1) What is one thing that celebrants do during the Festival of Souls?
A) They perform elaborate rituals for the dead.
B) They fast and meditate.
C) They wash statues of the Buddha.
D) They present robes to the Buddhist missionaries.
Q2) When Siddhartha Gautama was young, his father protected him from A) sights of human misery and ugliness.
B) abstract philosophical thinking.
C) wealth and luxury.
D) non-Hindu religious ideas.
Q3) When he was young, Gautama thought that the answers to the questions that troubled him could be found in the various schools of A) science.
B) philosophy.
C) history.
D) religion.
Q4) Discuss Buddhism from a historical perspective, tracking its movements, changes, and slips into quiescence. Discuss the reasons for the strong Buddhist presence today in the world.
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Chapter 5: Sikhism
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Q1) This Sikh holiday celebrates the day on which Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa.
A) Holi
B) Divali
C) Vaisakhi
D) Langar
Q2) Various Muslim groups began to invade India from their bases to the west from this century onward.
A) ninth
B) tenth
C) sixteenth
D) seventeenth
Q3) Why don't the Sikhs have an elaborate calendar or set of festivals?
A) Their religious practice is extremely simple.
B) They were instructed by Nanak not to celebrate.
C) They are now more of a group of warriors than religious practitioners.
D) They don't like festivals.
Q4) Discuss the religious practice of modern Sikhs. How do the rituals and style of worship reflect distinctive Sikh beliefs?
Q5) Describe life for modern-day Sikhs. What challenges do they face and why?
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Chapter 6: Jainism
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Q1) Mahavira's life was similar to what other religious figure's life?
A) the Prophet Muhammad
B) Jesus Christ
C) Buddha
D) Gandhi
Q2) Name the two main Jain festivals and their significance. How much emphasis do Jains place on corporate worship and rituals?
Q3) One of the five vows Jain monks take is to renounce this pleasure.
A) sexual
B) worldly
C) culinary
D) earthly
Q4) Jains have become one of the wealthiest groups in modern India because of their emphasis on truthfulness and their reputation for being
A) excellent businesspeople.
B) successful farmers.
C) highly educated.
D) lawyer/barristers.
Q5) Discuss the basic Jain teachings. Give examples of them in the life of Mahavira.
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Chapter 7: Chinese Religions
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Q1) What happened to Confucianism as a result of the birth of the People's Republic of China?
A) It flourished.
B) It was abandoned.
C) It became illegal.
D) Its influence stayed the same.
Q2) What is the sacred book of Daoism?
A) Daodejing
B) I Ching
C) Te Tao Chang
D) Tsu Tsa Lu
Q3) One thing the Daoists absorbed from the Buddhists was
A) the pattern of monasticism.
B) the pattern of asceticism.
C) vegetarianism.
D) a belief in nature's power.
Q4) Describe the role of li in Confucianism.
Q5) Describe the basic philosophy of the Daodejing and discuss how this text developed over centuries.
Q6) Describe the political difficulties facing religions in China today.
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Chapter 8: Shinto
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Q1) The archway at the entrance of a Shinto shrine is known as a A) torii.
B) jinja.
C) skuha.
D) meiji.
Q2) Discuss the emergence of the samurai during the Tokugawa era as well as the warrior code of the Bushido. Summarize Bushido's categories for behavior.
Q3) What are the challenges to the practice of domestic Shinto in contemporary Japan, and how is this religion surviving in response to those challenges?
Q4) The religious side of Shinto was forced to identify separately from the nationalistic, militarized side of Shinto during which era?
A) the Seppuku
B) the Meiji
C) the Shen Dao
D) the Kami-no-michi
Q5) What are the three forms of Shinto and how are they similar? Different?
Q6) Discuss the 1889 Constitution and what changes it brought to Shinto as a religious practice.
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Chapter 9: Judaism
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Q1) In the years following the death of Muhammad, Muslims treated Jews and Christians better than they did other non-Muslims under their control because
A) they were part of the Abrahamic faiths.
B) of the similarities in their respect for the prophets of Israel.
C) these two faith traditions were kind and charitable to the young Muhammad
D) their faith was God-given.
Q2) This was placed in Solomon's temple and remained there until the Babylonians destroyed the temple.
A) the Torah
B) the Ark of the Covenant
C) King Josiah's Scrolls of the Law
D) the tablet containing the Ten Commandments
Q3) The most important role of these individuals in the ancient Israelite religion was to point out infractions of the law and plead for a return to justice.
A) messiahs
B) prophets
C) rabbis
D) priests
Q4) Explain the value of the synagogue to Jews of the Diaspora.
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Chapter 10: Christianity
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Q1) In the early days of Christianity, which city exercised leadership over the church?
A) Bethlehem
B) Antioch
C) Rome
D) Jerusalem
Q2) This contemporary of Luther was influenced by his writings and led the reform movement in Switzerland.
A) John Calvin
B) Ulrich Zwingli
C) Thomas Cranmer
D) John Wycliffe
Q3) What factors helped cause the Protestant Reformation? What have been some of the long-term consequences of the Reformation for Western society?
Q4) Jesus was born during the rule of the Roman emperor
A) Augustus Caesar.
B) Herod.
C) Paul.
D) Dionysus.
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Chapter 11: Islam
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Q1) In the early years of Islam, how were caliphs chosen?
A) by the Council of Caliphs
B) by nepotism
C) by election
D) by birthright
Q2) Which country is destined to play a much larger role in the Islamic world partly due to its enormous petroleum reserve?
A) Indonesia
B) Kuwait
C) Iraq
D) Saudi Arabia
Q3) What was a pressing concern for Muhammad when he went into the hills surrounding Mecca to meditate?
A) his people's poverty
B) his people's idol worship
C) his people's worship of one female god
D) his inability to save his people from marauders
Q4) Describe in detail the set of religious observances known as the Five Pillars of Islam and their importance in Islam.
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Chapter 12: Bahai
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Q1) The basic belief of Baha'i is that
A) all men are not created equal.
B) the Qur'an is the true word of God.
C) all religions come from the same source.
D) heaven is on earth.
Q2) Which of the following is true concerning Baha'i worship?
A) It is very similar to many other religions.
B) Services are held usually in temples with domed roofs and nine sides.
C) There is often no special clergy to conduct the worship.
D) Worship tends to be elaborate.
Q3) The Baha'i calendar is made up of
A) ten months.
B) fifteen months.
C) sixteen months.
D) nineteen months.
Q4) How many Baha'is are spread around the globe today?
A) two hundred thousand
B) three hundred thousand
C) four million
D) five million
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