A. embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them
B. react against the loss of any meaningful religious content in the teachings of churches
C. adopt an attitude of mild disapproval towards mainstream social values
D. reject both the goals and means of conventional society and provide utopian alternatives
Related Mcqs:
- Which is the oldest of the world religions being at least 6,000 years old ?
A. Islam
B. Confucianism
C. Buddhism
D. Hinduism - Which is the most recently established of the greatest world religions ?
A. Judaism
B. Islam
C. Hinduism
D. Christianity - Which of these bests describes Islamic revivalism in the contemporary world ?
A. traditional practices and modes of life have been revived but combined with concerns that relate specifically to modern times
B. a growing belief in literal interpretations of sacred texts
C. a uniquely political phenomenon associated with introducing Islamic principles into laws and government
D. traditional practices and modes of life have been revived without any reference to recent historical events involving external non-Islam countries - Education is undergoing a transformation in which the boundary between schooling and the outside world is breaking down allowing for workplace education beyond the confines of the classroom and at many different times How is this broad change usually described ?
A. lifelong learning
B. extended education
C. e-learning
D. de-schooling - Religion defines the spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine These are ___________ functions or religion?
A. manifest
B. latent
C. positive
D. negative - According to the World Bank which of these is a middle-income country ?
A. India
B. China
C. Indonesia
D. Vietnam - What proportion of the world’s societies today are thought to be authoritarian rather than democratic ?
A. about half
B. one fifth
C. one third
D. one tenth - An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________?
A. Social work
B. Sociology
C. Society
D. None of these - Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because_____________?
A. human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
B. it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
C. sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
D. we cannot collect empirical data about social life - In western world urbanization has accompanied________________?
A. Trade
B. Progress
C. Industrialization
D. None of these
