Which of the following -perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ?

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1. Which of the following perhaps the first sociologist to recognize the critical importance of religion in human societies stressed the social impact of religion ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Emile Durkheim
   C. Karl Marx
   D. Talcott Parsons

2. Ludwig Feuerbach,s views on the alienation involved in transferring human values and ideas onto gods and spirits as distinct from human societies influenced the ideas of which classical sociologist ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Emile Durkheim
   C. Vilfredo Pareto
   D. Karl Marx

3. Sociologist Alvin Goldner sees Erving Goffman’s work on social behavior as implicitly reaffirming the status quo especially social class inequalities Gouldner,s critique is associated with the_____________?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. psychoanalytic perspective

4. Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?

   A. Harriet Martineau
   B. Herbert Spencer
   C. Booker T Washington
   D. W, E.B Du Bois

5. Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who seemed content with the status quo ?

   A. Harriet Martineau
   B. Herbert Spencer
   C. Booker T Washington
   D. W,E,B, Du Bois

6. The emphasis on the relationship between religion and which ONE of the following is distinctive to Weber’s study of religion ?

   A. social inequality
   B. social change
   C. social solidarity
   D. social conflict

7. Pastoral societies is also known as _________ societies?

   A. Hunting
   B. Herding
   C. Agrarian
   D. Industrial

   Submitted by: Sajjad Ahmed Ujjan

8. Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?

   A. social statics
   B. social dynamics
   C. social absolutes
   D. constructed reality

9. The shift form civil religion to common religion means that________________?

   A. the increasing bureaucracy of the state has made religion only a marginal part of our lives
   B. despite the weakening of traditional authority our everyday lives and common sense remain shaped by religious beliefs and values
   C. religious participation in collective worship may have declined but people still practise their faiths in private
   D. people are much more likely to discuss their religious beliefs in public informal settings

10. Religion defines the spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine These are ___________ functions or religion?

    A. manifest
    B. latent
    C. positive
    D. negative