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Ritual is defined as _____. It evokes shared understandings among the believers (awe, reverence, ecstasy, and fear), which lead to group unity.
 
  a. an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods ignores the harsh effects of economic conditions on the family (for example, poverty, unemployment, and downward mobility)
  b. symbolic actions that reinforce the collective remembering of the group's shared meanings ignores the social inequalities (racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism)
  c. the preaching of the gospel with the intention of converting others masks the inevitable problems that arise in intimate settings (tensions, anger, violence)
  d. a moral community separate from and in many ways hostile toward the secular world all of the above

Question 2

One of the defining qualities of religion described in the chapter is that in a religion, there is a
 
  a. book of rules to follow.
  b. distinction between the sacred and the secular.
  c. mandate to bring others into the same belief system.
  d. powerful attachment to nature.


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

Answer: b. symbolic actions that reinforce the collective remembering of the group's shared meanings

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. distinction between the sacred and the secular.


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