SOC302 Exam No. 3 (Final)

Note that no materials will be allowed in the final exam.

Review Questions

  1. Robert Merton. Summarize the argument Merton made in his work on the emergence of modern science.
  2. Finke/Stark. Explain the "rational choice approach" in the context of religion.
  3. Finke/Stark. Use Finke/Stark’s theoretical argument to explain the rise of religiously conservative groups in the 1980s and 1990s.
  4. Robert Wuthnow. What is Wuthnow’s main argument?
  5. Kathleen Blee. Why did women join the KKK in the 1920s? What role did religion play?
  6. Robert Bellah. What does Bellah mean by "civil religion?"