Author Question: Sociologists find that commitment to religion: a. has significantly decreased over time. b. is ... (Read 13 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Sociologists find that commitment to religion:

a. has significantly decreased over time.
b. is fundamentally irrational.
c. is rational when the costs are outweighed by benefits such as the promise of supernatural rewards and support for traditional values.
d. is rational only when it is accompanied by secular views of values and morality.

Question 2

Examining the role of religion in society, scholars:

a. have believed that secularization would increase along with the development of science and technology.
b. thought that modernization would reduce religious commitment.
c. have found that commitment to religion increases as people find their basic values are challenged.
d. All of these are true about the ways in which scholars have perceived the role of religion in society.