Introduction to Sociology: Religious Institutions Quiz
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According to Emile Durkheim, how did he define religion?

  • A set of coherent answers to human existential dilemmas which make the world meaningful.
  • A unified system of beliefs, rituals, and practices that define and express the nature of sacred things in relationship to the profane things of the world. (correct)
  • A culturally patterned interaction with culturally postulated superhuman beings.
  • A belief system consisting of theism and atheism.
  • What did Emile Durkheim consider as sacred in religion?

  • Culturally patterned interaction with superhuman beings.
  • Unified system of beliefs and practices.
  • Coherent answers to human existential dilemmas.
  • Things set apart and forbidden. (correct)
  • How does religion influence human society?

  • It consists of culturally patterned interaction with culturally postulated superhuman beings.
  • It is a belief system consisting of theism and atheism.
  • It provides coherent answers to human existential dilemmas.
  • It shapes people’s relationship with each other, influencing family, community, economic, and political life. (correct)
  • From a Weberian point of view, what is religion?

    <p>Any set of coherent answers to human existential dilemmas which make the world meaningful.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Emile Durkheim define as the nature of sacred things in relation to profane things?

    <p>'Things set apart and forbidden.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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