11/14 Religion, Modernity, and Globalization Online Quiz Questions

A historically dominant church loses social influence, while individuals increasingly select and combine religious or spiritual commitments for themselves. Which pair of processes best describes this situation?

True or false: In the study of digital religion, online religious activity is analyzed as interacting with offline communities and institutions rather than as a completely separate sphere.

What concept describes the study of how people actually practice and experience religious traditions in everyday life, including informal and embodied activities?

A recently formed spiritual network combines elements from several traditions and does not fit easily within the established religious institutions of its society. Which scholarly category best applies?

Researchers want to study both how a migrant religious community practices its faith in daily life and how its population changes through migration and age structure. Select all methods that directly fit these aims.

True or false: A religious reform movement must become more liberal because reform always means adopting modern values.

What term describes migrants’ continuing relationships with religious authorities, relatives, and institutions across national borders?

Which statement best applies the material’s account of how migration affects religion in destination societies?

Select all effects that digital media may have on religious life according to the material.

Explain how modern religious reform movements can respond to changing social conditions without simply abandoning inherited traditions. In your answer, discuss at least two questions reformers address and explain why reform should not be treated as synonymous with becoming more liberal or more modern.

A movement initially organized around a charismatic founder later establishes offices, membership rules, training systems, buildings, and procedures for succession. Which process does this illustrate?

A person combines meditation from one tradition, a family ritual from another, and a personally chosen ethical practice without relying on a single religious institution. Which concept best describes this pattern?

A recently formed spiritual network combines healing practices from several traditions, operates partly online, and does not fit the established religious institutions of its society. Which classification is most appropriate?

A religious movement cites early scriptures while revising educational practices and organizational rules to address contemporary social conditions. Which interpretation best fits the material?

A researcher wants to understand how families use prayer, food customs, protective objects, and moral decisions in daily life, including practices not recorded in membership statistics. Which research approach is most suitable?

What scholarly term names the combination or mutual adaptation of elements from different religious traditions?

What term describes leaving a religious tradition or becoming religiously unaffiliated?

True or false: According to the material, globalization necessarily produces one uniform global religion.