Brain scans of people deep in meditation who describe

15) Brain scans of people deep in meditation, who describe feelings of oneness, reveal a slowing
of the parietal lobe function, which is responsible for
A) a sense of meaning
B) a sense of place
C) a sense of purpose
D) a sense of pleasure
E) a sense of the "divine" because of the "god gene"
16) To equate religion with belief is problematic in the study of religion because
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17) When J .Z. Smith studies religions as a cluster of features he is searching for
18) The method of "thick description", according to Clifford Geertz, attempts to tell the
difference between
19) Catherine Bell has suggested that
A) culture is really a form of ritualization
B) rituals are not things, and therefore can't do things
C) the Xhosa of South Africa perform a certain sacrificial rite to engage the whole
community
D) ritual is a form of collective neurosis
E)
Mary Poppins
is a much better movie that
Harry Potter
20) The video to the song "Always Loved a Film" by Underworld was used to illustrate which of
the following:
of
21) Malory N ye suggested that when studying the topic of religion and text a "challenging
starting point" is with which of the following:

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