Author Question: Anthony Wallace uses the term cult to refer to a. religious organizations that brainwash their ... (Read 60 times)

geodog55 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Anthony Wallace uses the term cult to refer to

a. religious organizations that brainwash their members.
b. a form of religion having its own set of beliefs, rituals, and goals.
c. anti-social religious groups that often encourage their followers to commit mass suicide.
d. small-scale religious groups that are opposed to any form of control from the federal government.
e. groups that are considered deviant by mainline churches.

Question 2

Marx argued that the working class

a. would use religion to overthrow the owners of production.
b. understood the nature of their relationship with factory owners because of the lesson of religion.
c. was distracted by religion from the fact that they were being exploited by the ruling class.
d. used religion as a social mechanism to increase conflict between different economic subgroups.
e. would one day overtake the churches and change the nature of religion.