A denomination is a
A. generally small, secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.
B. religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and that is recognized as the national or official religion.
C. relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.
D. large organized religion that is not officially linked with the state or government.
Answer: D
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A. Both emphasize the inequality of gender roles in families. B. Both see marriage as critical in promoting social order and cohesion. C. Both emphasize that families construct their everyday lives through interaction and subjective interpretations of family roles. D. Both agree that there is considerable inequality between low-income and wealthy families in accessing necessary resources. E. Both provide sociological explanations of families and aging at a micro-level.
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a. Democratic socialism b. Socialism c. Capitalism d. Social capitalism
For Foucault, power is in its most potent form when
a. it is embodied within an individual. b. it is embodied within a social structure. c. it is expressed by brute coercion. d. it is successfully translated into systems of knowledge.