Robert Bellah (1978) coined the term world-rejecting religion to describe most forms of Christianity, including Protestantism. More generally, world-rejecting religions
A. are shamanistic religions that reject the encroachment of capitalism and modernity.
B. reject the material world and focus on the body's internal biological balance.
C. are a recent historical phenomenon.
D. tend to reject the naturalthe mundane, ordinary, material, secularworld and focus instead on a higher realm of reality.
E. focus on the effects that heavenly bodies such as the moon, sun, and Mars have on social life.
Question 2
Which of the following kinds of religion involves full-time religious specialists?
A. communal religion
B. shamanistic religion
C. Olympian religion
D. individualistic cult
E. idiosyncratic belief system
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