Secularisation: Religious Diversity And Cultural Defence And Transition
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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.
- 1.In the Middle Ages which church held the absolute monopoloy in faith?
- A.
Catholic church
- B.
Islam
- C.
Church of England
- D.
Hinduism
- 2.Which sociologist said that another cause of secularisation is the trend towards relgious diversity?
- A.
Berks (1975)
- B.
Marx (1915)
- C.
Wilson (1969)
- D.
Berger (1969)
- 3.What is a sacred canopy?
- A.
Shared norms and values
- B.
A set of beliefs, shared by all
- C.
It is the term Durkheim used to explain a collective conscience
- D.
A profane alternative to religion
- 4.When the church was challenged it was called the...
- A.
Challenge of autonomy
- B.
Protestant revolution
- C.
Catholic new army
- D.
Creator of equality
- 5.According to Berger, the challenge to the sacred canopy created religious diversity. This is known as...
- A.
The sacred society
- B.
The opportunityof diversity
- C.
The religious chance of uniformal spitituality
- D.
Pluarlity of life worlds
- 6.What, according to Berger is a crisis of credibility?
- A.
Diversity undermines religion's 'plausibility structure'
- B.
Diversity creates the opportunity for fundamentalism
- C.
Diversity creates unsurity in a modern society
- D.
Diversity creates an unsatisfied scientific based family, and therefore, society.
- 7.Religious views become relative and not rather than absolute. Which sociologists stated this?
- A.
Wallis
- B.
Berger
- C.
Bruce
- D.
Willis
- 8."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?
- A.
Berger
- B.
Bruce
- C.
Wilson
- D.
Durkheim
- 9.What are the two counter-trends that Bruce says go against secularisation theory?
- A.
Ideological workings and loose profane occurances
- B.
Anti-group relgion policy and scared groupings
- C.
Cultural canopy and cultural reasoning
- D.
Cultural defence and cultural transition
- 10.Which of the below are examples of higher levels of religious participation?
- A.
The resurgence of Islam in Iran
- B.
The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan
- C.
The rise of Christianity in Judea
- D.
The increase in baptisms in the UK
- 11.Which sociologist has changed his views about diversity and secularisation?
- A.
Brown
- B.
Berger
- C.
Willis
- D.
Wright
- 12.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?
- A.
Rogers (1999)
- B.
Howard (2007)
- C.
Derwent (1998)
- D.
Beckford (2003)
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