A. Provides answers to basic s for which there is no other authority
B. Supports societal norms and values by transforming them into divine laws
C. Helps people deal with guilt for their transgressions offering a way back to a constructive life
D. Provides a single set of norms that are universally accepted and agreed upon
A. Provide criteria for choosing a valid religion
B. Neither accept nor reject claims of divine revelation
C. Have no interest in the content of religious doctrines
D. All of the above
A. About the time of moses
B. Around the time of the apostle paul
C. Well after the founding of either judaism or christianity
D. 400 years before the birth of jesus christ
A. Good and evil
B. Children of light and children of darkness
C. Natural and supernatural
D. Sacred and profane
A. Recreation
B. Innovation
C. Ingratiation
D. Integration
A. The power of good over evil
B. The power of evil over good
C. A power that is neither good nor evil
D. The food miraculously given to the escaped slaves in the wilderness
A. Reinforce society’s nation of good and evil
B. Link the human and divine orders
C. Provide a special feeling of belonging and power
D. All of the above
A. An inappropriate object of worship
B. A figment of the human imagination
C. A sort of ideal
D. All of the above
A. A deliberate hoax on the part of dominant classes
B. Alienating on both personal and social levels
C. An opiate
D. All of the above
A. A rejection of the ideological function of religion
B. A refutation of economic determinism
C. A vindication of the morality of capitalism
D. An explanation of third-world underdevelopment