Which mainstream Christian denomination changed its ordination policies in 2011 so that openly gay and lesbian persons in same-sex relationships could be ordained as ministers, elders, and deacons in the church?
a. Roman Catholic
b. Presbyterian
c. Baptist
d. Methodist
Answer: b. Presbyterian
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According to Winston Churchill, the function of medicine is to:
A) keep people healthy so they can serve the society B) do the research necessary to cure disease C) improve people's lives worldwide D) regulate and control health care practitioners
U.S. agricultural productivity has increased, and the U.S. has a highly productive extractive sector, a large and productive manufacturing sector, and an increasing service sector. Give these characteristics, according to Hodson and Sullivan, what term best characterizes American society?
a. post-industrial society b. monopoly capitalism c. advanced industrial society d. democratic capitalism e. social democracy
The family, religion, education, the economy, the government (politics), mass media, sports, science and medicine, and the military are all examples of __________.
a. social institutions
b. working groups
c. informal organizations
d. social associations
What does the micro-macro integration movement in sociological theory hope to link together?
a. individual people with large scale social phenomena b. small groups and organizations with large scale social phenomena c. fragmented sociological theories d. poststructuralism and postmodernism