Chapter 9 Self Quiz - True/False

. The collapse of globalization was followed by the emergence of colonialism.

. One result of civil religion is that it reinforces the authority of secular political social orders.

. The Wiccan movement can be traced back to the writing of Gerald Gardener.

. Secular nation-states, as introduced by modernity, are distinguished by their sanctioning of an official state-sponsored religion.

. The emergence of Christian churches throughout Asia is an example of Eastern religion moving West.

. The Chinese Communist civil religion arranged for portraits of Chairman Mao to replace images of family ancestors in home shrines, and statues of him were placed in public spaces.

. The rise of civil religions has also led to a rise in genocidal campaigns.

. Neo-Shamanism is considered a traditional religion.

. The resurgence of religions since the 1970s may be a reaction to the vacuum created by the tendency of secularization to purge events of meaning.

. Several religions throughout history have remained totally unchanged.

. A commonality of new age seekers is the goal of realizing a "higher self" through intense personal experiences of transformation.

. "New age" religions have nothing in common with older "new religions."

. Fundamentalist evangelical Christianity and modernist forms of new age religions both share the conviction that all social change begins by changing the self.

. Wiccans believe the world has no order and therefore no sacred forces.

. Fundamentalist evangelical Christianity and modernist forms of new age religions both emphasize rationality and deemphasize experiential transformation.

. Transcendental Meditation is a uniquely American religion.

. In the new age of global civilization, diverse spiritual heritages have become the common inheritance of all.

. The school of thought called transcendentalism integrated Asian religious beliefs with American philosophy.

. Christian Martin Luther King, Jr. admired Hindu Gandhi's nonviolent form of civil disobedience.

. The Cultural Revolution in China helped develop and foster diverse religious beliefs.

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