SOC302 Exam No. 3 (Final)
Note that no materials will be allowed in the final exam.
Review Questions
- Robert Merton. Summarize the argument Merton made in his work
on the emergence of modern science.
- Finke/Stark. Explain the "rational choice approach" in the context of
religion.
- Finke/Stark. Use Finke/Stark’s theoretical argument to explain the rise of
religiously conservative groups in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Robert Wuthnow. What is Wuthnow’s main argument?
- Kathleen Blee. Why did women join the KKK in the 1920s? What role did
religion play?
- Robert Bellah. What does Bellah mean by "civil religion?"