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 I- It fostered the Protestant ethic of hardwork and asceticism.
 II- It is rooted in the concept of predestination.
III- It demolished the capitalism.

Which one/ones of the above is/are right about calvinism?

When comparing Durkheim and Weber’s views on religion, which one of the following reflects the perspective of Durkheim?

1. has heavily been influenced by the exchange theory that is based on the principle that all human interactions can be treated as a form of exchange.
2. argues that religions can be understood as organizations which are in competition with one another for followers.
3. rejects the view that the development of industrial capitalist societies would undermine religion.
4. argues that competition increases the overall level of religious involvement in modern society.
5. assumes that religion weakens when it is challenged by different religious or secular viewpoints.

Which of the arguments above are related to the rational choice theory?

1. Sociologists are concerned with whether religious beliefs are true or false.
2. Religion is a matter of faith which people express through rituals.
3. Sociology focuses on the social consequences and correlates of religion.

Which of the above is/are true about religion and sociology?

Which below is not one of the criticisms directed at phenomenological view of religion?

Which of the following IS NOT one of the functions of religion for the operation of society?

Which approach suggests that religion provides a set of beliefs about how very general rewards can be obtained as well as a set of compensators in the face of the impossibility of gaining such rewards?

1. saw religion as a source of social stability.
2. believed religion was a precipitator of social change.
3. was interested in the generic notion of religion (specifically the classification of the sacred and profane)
4. was concerned with the historical and comparative importance of religions.
5. gave little attention to the connection between religion and social change.

When comparing Weber and Durkheim, which of the above are related to Durkheim?

Which is true about Rational choice theory on religion?

Who wrote the book titled "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life"?

According to Durkheim, which of the following consists of empirically observable things and is concerned with everyday life?

Which one of the following does not reflect the views of Berger and Luckmann about religion?

Which of the following sociologists suggested that as a result of modernization, human society was going beyond the “theological stage” of social evolution and a new age was rising in which the science of sociology would replace religion as the basis for moral judgments?

Which of the following sees religion as meeting the needs of individuals rather than those of society as a whole?

Which one of the followings is a right statement about sociologists’ overall approach to religion?

is most famous for arguing that Protestanism produced modern capitalism.

1. worked out his entire sociology in the process of tracing the patterns of historical change connected to religion.

• theorized that Calvinism fostered the Protestant ethic of hard work and asceticism and that Protestantism was an important influence on the development of capitalism.

1. showed that Protestant values directly influenced the rise of capitalism and helped create the modern world order.
2. was interested in the generic notion of religion (specifically the classification of the sacred and profane).

Which of the statements above are about Max Weber?

Which of the following is false about Durkheim's sociology of religion?

Which one of the followings is not a right statement about phenomenological view of religion?

Which sociologist became famous for his explanation of the emergence of Capitalism in the West through asceticism principle of the Protestant ethic?