Deck 13: The End of Days Religion and the Environment

Question 1

"Dualism" refers to the divide between

A)humans and nature.
B)good and evil.
C)cosmos and chaos.
D)sacred and profane.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Following the publication of Lynn White's 1967 article "The Historic Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis"

A)Christian theologians and religious leaders called for smaller family sizes,slower economic growth,and less consumerism.
B)Christian theologians and religious leaders uniformly rejected White's claim about the roots of our environmental problems.
C)economic growth and the consumption of goods and services in the US slowed dramatically.
D)none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which religious approach to the environment is most frequently aligned with native or indigenous religions?

A)stewardship
B)dualism
C)ecojustice
D)creation spirituality

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When environmentalists "borrow" religious beliefs and practices from indigenous groups,indigenous groups often worry that

A)environmentalists will be clumsy in their practices,thus upsetting the delicate balance between man and nature.
B)environmentalists will reshape and distort indigenous religious practices.
C)environmentalists will try to adopt the whole of indigenous beliefs and practices,rather than focusing on smaller and more relevant aspects.
D)all of the above

Question 5

Social scientists who have studied the effects of religion on environmental attitudes and behaviors found that

A)a wide range of "religious" variables are associated with environmental attitudes and behaviors.
B)a wide range of "religious" variables are associated with environmental behaviors but none with environmental attitudes.
C)religious fundamentalism is associated with environmentalism.
D)religious fundamentalism was associated with environmental attitudes in the 1960s but not in the 1990s.

Question 6

According to Carl Pope of the Sierra Club,until recently most environmentalists

A)reached out to marginalized religious groups for their support of environmental causes.
B)stubbornly denied the need to reach out to religious groups.
C)embraced religion and its potential for solving environmental problems.
D)understood the key role religion played in shaping view of the environment.

Question 7

The Southern Baptist Convention espouses a theology of

A)stewardship.
B)ecojustice.
C)creation spirituality.
D)a combination of ecojustice and creation spirituality.

Question 8

Biologist E.O.Wilson's Creation is framed as an appeal to

A)young people with strong religious convictions.
B)all religious persons.
C)all religious leaders.
D)a Southern Baptist pastor.

Question 9

The term "creation care"

A)is used by Wiccans to refer to respect for the environment.
B)is used by Evangelicals to distinguish concern for creation from worship of creation.
C)Is used across diverse religious traditions to refer to environmental responsibilities.
D)has fallen into disfavor among Evangelical groups because it elevates "creation" to the same level as "creator."

Question 10

In "The Historic Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," Lynn White argues that

A)fundamentalist Christians are directly responsible for our ecologic crisis.
B)the Judeo-Christian worldview will solve our ecologic crisis.
C)the Judeo-Christian worldview is responsible for environmental problems that arise from scientific and technological advances.
D)scientific and technological advances will solve our ecologic crisis.

Question 11

What is a current source of conflict between indigenous peoples and environmentalists?

A)They disagree about the use of violence in environmental protests.
B)They may have different priorities,with indigenous peoples valuing sovereignty over practices valued by environmentalists.
C)They clash over whether or not the media should cover indigenous religious ceremonies.
D)Indigenous peoples are naturally aligned with environmentalists,resulting in no significant conflicts at this time.

Question 12

Critics of Lynn White,author of "The Historic Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," point out that

A)non-Judeo-Christian societies did not experience the same ecologic crises.
B)our ecologic crises are caused by science,technology,and innovation.
C)non-Judeo-Christian societies had similar social processes and environmental outcomes.
D)though "mastery of nature" was universally accepted in medieval Europe,it did not lead to an exploitative relationship between man and nature at that time.

Question 13

Of the following religious approaches to the environment,which is the most conservative?

A)ecojustice
B)stewardship
C)creation spirituality
D)Ecojustice and creation spirituality are equally conservative,and each more conservative than stewardship.

Question 14

Of the following religious approaches to the environment,which is most institutional?

A)stewardship
B)dualism
C)ecojustice
D)creation spirituality

Question 15

Social scientists who have studied the relationship between Christian fundamentalism and environmentalism found that

A)the relationship is stronger among fundamentalist followers than among fundamentalist leaders.
B)fundamentalism and environmentalism were unrelated when researchers controlled for political conservatism and a less gracious image of God.
C)the relationship between fundamentalism and environmentalism was strengthened when researchers controlled political conservatism and socioeconomic status.
D)fundamentalism is associated with more concern for the environment.