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About 72 percent of Americans say that they are “deeply religious,” but only _____ percent attend worship services weekly.
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44
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Instead of “cult,” many sociologists use the term _____ in its place.
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“new religious movement”
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A _____ is a subgroup within a religion that has a common name, tradition, and identity and is generally on good terms that the group from which it emerged.
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Denomination
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Baptists, Lutherans, and Methodists are examples of Protestant
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Denominations.
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This major world religion believes that every believer can achieve nirvana.
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Buddhism
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The percent of Americans who say that religion is “very important in their lives” has _____ since the early 1950s.
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Decreased
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Which of the following groups tend to be more religious?
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Women
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Among those who have no religious affiliation, the largest proportion is
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White.
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_____ is the belief in the literal meaning of a sacred text.
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Fundamentalism
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_____ argued that religion sparked economic development.
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Weber
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The _____ recently updated its best-selling Bible to include gender-neutral wording.
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International Bible Society
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A _____ is a formal and repeated behavior in which the members of a group regularly engage.
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Ritual
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Which major theoretical perspective asks “How does religion control and oppress people?”
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Conflict theory
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One of the strongest beliefs around the world is that
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Prayer is important.
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One of the criticisms of _____is that by focusing on micro-level practices it often ignores the ways religion promotes social inequality at the macro level.
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Symbolic interactionism
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