The fourth exam is given on the day of the final:

Morning Section: Thursday, December 12 at 8:00 AM
Evening Section: Wednesday, December 11 at 4:00 PM

For all exams, bring a scantron form and a #2 pencil
You need to write your name and V number of the scantron

Hints for the Fourth Exam

1. The fourth exam will begin with the material on the sects and churches and end with the material on restorative churches.

2. The lecture links on which the lecture material is found are: "Church/State," "Sect and Church," "Changes in Denominational Profiles," "Progressive Churches," "Integrative Churches," and "Restorative Churches." Be sure to read the material on the corresponding web reading links.

3. Know the characteristics of “a religion.”

4. Know the characteristics of sects and churches as enumerated by Weber, Troeltsch, and Niebuhr.

5. Know the major developments in the genealogy of Christian traditions from the beginnings of Christianity to the present. Know the important historical points where major divisions occurred, the major branches of Christian groups, and the contemporary churches that represent the major branches of Christianity.

6. Know the criteria by which the IRS determines whether a group qualifies for tax exempt status as a religious organization

7. Know which churches grew most rapidly and which lost members during the colonial period, between 1745 and 1850, the period between 1965 and 1985, and 1990-2000. Know the reasons for this growth or loss.

8. Know the geographical distribution of the major Protestant denominations.

9. Be sure to know the characteristics or progressive, integrative, and restorative churches, which churches are in each category, the socioeconomic characteristics of each type, how churches in each type have adjusted myth and ritual to work in their social locations, and examples of the reactions to the secularization of contemporary society.

10. Read the web resource material on progressive, integrative, and restorative churches carefully. There will be questions on the kinds of organizational forms and changes in form that are characteristic of each type. There will also be questions about the kinds of controversies facing these churches and the positions that they have taken in response to these controversies.

11. Be sure to review your notes on the music and video material presented to illustrate characteristics of progressive, integrative, and restorative churches.

12. Know the movements that have occurred in the different types of churches (charismatic movement, megachurches, Promise Keepers) and what the goals of these movements are.


SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1 According to your web reading, Catholic Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stated that with respect to other churches the Catholic Church is

a The mother church

b A sister church

c A denominational partner church

2 According to lecture, the Christian talk show came out of which type of religious organization

a Progressive Churches

b Integrative Churches

c Restorative Churches

3 According to lecture, small faith communities and the home church movement are most likely to be found in which type of religious organization

a Progressive Churches

b Restorative Churches

c Integrative Churches

4 According to lecture, Bishop John Spong advocates

a A New Reformation for Christianity

b Revitalizing traditional faith

5 According to lecture, which of the following individuals is an Evangelical?

a Billy Graham

b Jerry Falwell

c Jim Bakker

d Oral Roberts

6 According to your web readings, in the Jehovah = s Witnesses

a A collection plate is not passed at religious services

b Administrative leaders of the church do not receive salaries

c All baptized members are considered ordained ministers

d All of the above

7 According to lecture, Jews are predominantly located in which of the following regions of the United States

a Northeast

b Northcentral

c Midwest

d South

e West

8 All major contemporary religions have had some schisms or divisions that have produced separate branches of those traditions.

9 Churches in the Lutheran tradition originally were established as national churches allied with the state.

10 The Congregationalists, Baptists, and Methodists are all representatives of the Anglican tradition

1. A

2. B

3. A

4. A

5. A

6. D

7. A

8. A

9. A

10. A