TCW (CHAPTER 6-8) Questions
with Correct Answers (VERIFIED)
Peter Berger—ANSWER--Argues that far from being secularised, the "contemporary world
is... furiously religious. In most of the world, there are veritable explosions of religious fervor,
occurring in one for, of another in all the major religious traditions - Christianity, Judaism,
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and even Confucianism - and in many places imaginative
syntheses of one or more world religions with indigenous faith."
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—ANSWER--Late Iranian religious leader, bragged about the
superiority of Islamic rule over its secular counterparts and pointed out that "there is no
fundamental distinction among constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, democratic, and
communistic regimes"
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—ANSWER--To him, all secular ideologies were the same—they
were flawed—and Islamic rule was the superior form of government be cause it was
spiritual.
King Henry VIII—ANSWER--broke away from Roman Catholicism and established his own
Church to bolster his own power
, Alexis de Tocqueville—ANSWER--It was observed in the early 1800s by a French historian
and diplomat who wrote, "not only do the Americans practice their religion out of self-
interest but they often even place in this world interest which they have in practicing it"
Jose Casanova—ANSWER--Confirms Alexis de Tocqueville's statement by noting that
"historically, religion has always been at the very center of all great political conflicts and
movements of social reform. From independence to abolition, from nativism to women's
suffrage, from prohibition to civil rights movement, religion had always been at the center of
these conflicts, but also on both sides of the political barricades"
Pope Francis—ANSWER--The Catholic Church and its dynamic leader, likewise condemned
globalization's "throw-away culture" that is "fatally destined to suffocate hope and increase
risks and threats"
Peter Bayer and Lori Beaman—ANSWER--Observed, "Religion, it seems, is somehow
'outside' looking at globalization as problem or potential."
Samuel Huntington—ANSWER--One of the strongest defenders of globalization, admits in his
book, The Clash of Civilizations, that civilizations can be held together by religious world
views.
Max Weber—ANSWER--One of the greatest sociologists of all time, observed the correlation
between religion and capitalism as an economic system.
William McKinley—ANSWER--American President claimed "that after a night of prayer and
soul-searching, he had concluded that it was duty of the United States 'to educate the
Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best
we could by them"
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with Correct Answers (VERIFIED)
Peter Berger—ANSWER--Argues that far from being secularised, the "contemporary world
is... furiously religious. In most of the world, there are veritable explosions of religious fervor,
occurring in one for, of another in all the major religious traditions - Christianity, Judaism,
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and even Confucianism - and in many places imaginative
syntheses of one or more world religions with indigenous faith."
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—ANSWER--Late Iranian religious leader, bragged about the
superiority of Islamic rule over its secular counterparts and pointed out that "there is no
fundamental distinction among constitutional, despotic, dictatorial, democratic, and
communistic regimes"
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—ANSWER--To him, all secular ideologies were the same—they
were flawed—and Islamic rule was the superior form of government be cause it was
spiritual.
King Henry VIII—ANSWER--broke away from Roman Catholicism and established his own
Church to bolster his own power
, Alexis de Tocqueville—ANSWER--It was observed in the early 1800s by a French historian
and diplomat who wrote, "not only do the Americans practice their religion out of self-
interest but they often even place in this world interest which they have in practicing it"
Jose Casanova—ANSWER--Confirms Alexis de Tocqueville's statement by noting that
"historically, religion has always been at the very center of all great political conflicts and
movements of social reform. From independence to abolition, from nativism to women's
suffrage, from prohibition to civil rights movement, religion had always been at the center of
these conflicts, but also on both sides of the political barricades"
Pope Francis—ANSWER--The Catholic Church and its dynamic leader, likewise condemned
globalization's "throw-away culture" that is "fatally destined to suffocate hope and increase
risks and threats"
Peter Bayer and Lori Beaman—ANSWER--Observed, "Religion, it seems, is somehow
'outside' looking at globalization as problem or potential."
Samuel Huntington—ANSWER--One of the strongest defenders of globalization, admits in his
book, The Clash of Civilizations, that civilizations can be held together by religious world
views.
Max Weber—ANSWER--One of the greatest sociologists of all time, observed the correlation
between religion and capitalism as an economic system.
William McKinley—ANSWER--American President claimed "that after a night of prayer and
soul-searching, he had concluded that it was duty of the United States 'to educate the
Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best
we could by them"
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
