QUESTION 15 How did changes in the role and character of religious institutions
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QUESTION 15 How did changes in the role and character of religious institutions O a. Secularization forced traditional religions to compete in a religiously pluralistic world where they no longer could command monopolistic authority O b. Religious institutions became more doctrinally rigid and fundamentalist c, The wealth of religious institutions functioned to give them a false sense of hegemony O d. None of these QUESTION 16 When scholars first attempted to explain conversion to NRMs, they turned to "relative deprivation theory." It was postulated that converts a were acting out of some form of deprivation (psychic, social, economic, organismic) in their personal lives and that NRMs offered a kind of were his conclusions in regard to the research? O a. There is strong, unequivocal support for an empirical link between conversion and deprivation O b. There is provisional support for an empirical tink between conversion and deprivation. Most, but not all, converts exhibit some type of deprivation O C. There is more criticism than support for the empirical link between conversion and deprivation. Scholars establish a causal link with any consistency or exactitude O Type here to searchExplanation / Answer
15. The correct answer is Option A. Secularisation forced religious communities to compete in a religiously pluralistic world.
16. The correct answer is Option C. Dawson found that there is more criticism than support for the link between conversion and deprivation.