| Objectives
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| Purpose: The purpose of this
unit is to provide an overview of the complex subject of religion and
society. |
| Learning Objectives: After
completing this unit you should be able to: |
- Describe the reciprocal relationship between religion and society
- Give examples of how society influences religion and how religion
influences society.
- Explain the idea of American civil religion.
- Describe what is meant by the terms denomination, cult and sect.
- List ways that religious societies experience reform or
division.
- List the ways that the Second Great Awakening influenced American
society.
- Define the following terms
| Second Great Awakening |
Civil Religion |
| Ernst Troeltsch |
denomination |
| Quakers |
Church of England |
| sect |
cult |
| Robert Bellah |
heresy |
| Branch Davidians |
Shakers |
| Scientology |
ecclesiola in ecclesia |
| John Wesley |
Methodism |
| Waldensians |
St. Francis |
| monasticism |
Max Weber |
| Protestant Work Ethic |
Martin Luther |
| Bryan Wilson |
conversionist |
| revolutionist |
utopia |
| manipulationist |
Pietists |
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