A. a deliberate hoax on the part of dominant classes
B. alienating on both personal and social levels
C. an opiate
D. all of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Marx believed religion was used to_______________?
A. help people improve their lives
B. support the exploitation of the masses
C. deal with reality
D. attain immortality - The discipline that studies such disparate subjects as the environment religion politics criminality organization and so on is______________?
A. history
B. sociology
C. political science
D. psychology - In countries such as Iran and Iraq the Moslem religion is a(n)_______________?
A. sect
B. cult
C. denomination
D. ecclesia or universal church - Religion performs all but one of the following functions_______________?
A. provides answers to basic s for which there is no other authority
B. supports societal norms and values by transforming them into divine laws
C. helps people deal with guilt for their transgressions offering a way back to a constructive life
D. provides a single set of norms that are universally accepted and agreed upon - Durkheim,s approach to religion involved the opposed concepts of_________________?
A. good and evil
B. children of light and children of darkness
C. natural and supernatural
D. sacred and profane - Durkheim viewed religion as a form of social_________________?
A. recreation
B. innovation
C. ingratiation
D. integration - Religion has the function of________________?
A. supporting societal norms
B. making life anxiety-ridden
C. having the individual lose his/her identity
D. decreasing a person’s sense of security - Which religion includes a hierarchy of gods?
A. Christianity
B. Shintoism
C. Zoroastrianism
D. Hinduism - Resources are defined as______________?
A. everything needed for the production of goods and services including human energy
B. everything found in the ground
C. everything that is made by people
D. none of the above - Conflict theorists view stratification systems as______________?
A. resulting from class struggles
B. effects of the law of nature
C. mechanisms of coercion
D. BOTH coercive and resulting from class struggles
