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mspears3

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Which of the following are characteristics of a church (as an ideal type) according to the chapter?
 
  a. Membership is only through a conversion experience.
  b. The belief system is rigid with an emphasis on the purity of doctrine.
  c. Organization is informal and unstructured.
  d. There is a tendency to compromise with the larger society and its values and institutions.

Question 2

In Marx's view, religion is _____ because it impedes social change by encouraging the oppressed to accept their place in society.
 
  a. a wake-up call
  b. like bread and circuses
  c. the opiate of the masses
  d. a sacred cow


frre432

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. There is a tendency to compromise with the larger society and its values and institutions.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. the opiate of the masses


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