Secularisation: Religious Diversity And Cultural Defence And Transition

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    In the Middle Ages which church held the absolute monopoloy in faith?

    • Catholic church
    • Islam
    • Church of England
    • Hinduism
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A short test for AQA A2 students on Secularisation: Religious Diversity and Cultural Defence and Transition. This will test both studies and facts.

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  • 2. 

    When the church was challenged it was called the...

    • Challenge of autonomy

    • Protestant revolution

    • Catholic new army

    • Creator of equality

    Correct Answer
    A. Protestant revolution
  • 3. 

    What are the two counter-trends that Bruce says go against secularisation theory?

    • Ideological workings and loose profane occurances

    • Anti-group relgion policy and scared groupings

    • Cultural canopy and cultural reasoning

    • Cultural defence and cultural transition

    Correct Answer
    A. Cultural defence and cultural transition
  • 4. 

    What, according to Berger is a crisis of credibility?

    • Diversity undermines religion's 'plausibility structure'

    • Diversity creates the opportunity for fundamentalism

    • Diversity creates unsurity in a modern society

    • Diversity creates an unsatisfied scientific based family, and therefore, society.

    Correct Answer
    A. Diversity undermines religion's 'plausibility structure'
  • 5. 

    Which sociologist said that another cause of secularisation is the trend towards relgious diversity?

    • Berks (1975)

    • Marx (1915)

    • Wilson (1969)

    • Berger (1969)

    Correct Answer
    A. Berger (1969)
  • 6. 

    What is a sacred canopy?

    • Shared norms and values

    • A set of beliefs, shared by all

    • It is the term Durkheim used to explain a collective conscience

    • A profane alternative to religion

    Correct Answer
    A. A set of beliefs, shared by all
  • 7. 

    Which sociologist has changed his views about diversity and secularisation?

    • Brown

    • Berger

    • Willis

    • Wright

    Correct Answer
    A. Berger
  • 8. 

    According to Berger, the challenge to the sacred canopy created religious diversity.  This is known as...

    • The sacred society

    • The opportunityof diversity

    • The religious chance of uniformal spitituality

    • Pluarlity of life worlds

    Correct Answer
    A. Pluarlity of life worlds
  • 9. 

    Which sociologist agrees with religious diversity and that it leads to some questioning or even abandonment of religious beliefs but, that this is not guaranteed?

    • Rogers (1999)

    • Howard (2007)

    • Derwent (1998)

    • Beckford (2003)

    Correct Answer
    A. Beckford (2003)
  • 10. 

    "It is difficult to live in a world that treats as equally valid a large number of incompatible beliefs, without coming to suppose that there is no one truth".  Who stated this in regards to religious diversity?

    • Berger

    • Bruce

    • Wilson

    • Durkheim

    Correct Answer
    A. Bruce
  • 11. 

    Which of the below are examples of higher levels of religious participation?

    • The resurgence of Islam in Iran

    • The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan

    • The rise of Christianity in Judea

    • The increase in baptisms in the UK

    Correct Answer
    A. The resurgence of Islam in Iran
  • 12. 

    Religious views become relative and not rather than absolute.  Which sociologists stated this?

    • Wallis

    • Berger

    • Bruce

    • Willis

    Correct Answer
    A. Berger

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