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Etic, Emic, and Scholarly Sources

Question 1 of 10

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The following statement demonstrates which kind of approach to understanding religion: "Pope Francis recently said 'All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful brings us to God. Because God is good, God is beautiful, God is the truth.’"(Lifeteen, 2018).

Select one of the following:

  • Etic because it uses an authoritative figure speaking about the religion

  • Emic because it is spoken by an insider to the religion

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

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If I were to speak upon the traditions and beliefs of a religion I do not practice, this etic perspective would be more theoretical. In Bentham’s article, he talks about his views of Christianity from the outside, his theories and opinions about why he believes Christianity isn’t believable. His perspectives are given from what he has read and researched, not what he has experienced first-hand as a true believer and follower. He stated that the Bible is “... the best evidence against God’s existence” (Bentham, 2013). He uses verses from the Bible to explain the lack of truth in them. His views on Christianity are in an etic perspective.

Select one of the following:

  • This is a correct articulation of the etic perspective.

  • This is an incorrect articulation of the etic perspective.

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

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From an emic viewpoint, the Christian religious tradition practice of celebrating the Holy Communion can be explained as a spiritual rebirth. This is with reference to the Bible passage of Romans 5:12 that declares that, thanks to the disobedience of Adam at the Garden of Eden, all humans are sinful.

Select one of the following:

  • The statement is correct for an emic viewpoint because it refers to an “insider’s” perspective.

  • The statement is incorrect for an emic viewpoint because it refers to an “insider’s” perspective because it references scripture.

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

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"The etic view or the outsiders view on Christianity was more difficult to find.” This statement is...

Select one of the following:

  • true because there are few perspectives outside of Christianity

  • false because your textbook and scholarly resources offer plenty of etic resources.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

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Huneycutt, J. (2015). Rejoice, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand! A Deconstruction of the Inaugural Message in the Words of Pope Francis. Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies In Medical Morality, 21(1), 73-83. doi:10.1093/cb/cbu043

Tanui, M. K. (2012). Polemics as a Religious Phenomenon: A Roman Catholic and an Emic-Etic Approach to a Religious Polemic. Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 3(3), 219-226.

Select one of the following:

  • These two references are scholarly resources because they are in peer-reviewed journals.

  • These two references are scholarly resources because they came from a library search.

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

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Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions, 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions, 11/2012.
The Question of God. (2004). Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/twolives/freudbio.html
What is Christianity. (2002). Retrieved from https://www.allaboutreligion.org/what-is-christianity.htm

This reference list contains

Select one of the following:

  • 3 scholarly sources

  • 2 scholarly sources

  • 1 scholarly source

  • 0 scholarly sources

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

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The Wiccan ideal of morality is simple: do what you want, as long as you harm none. This rule contains another unwritten condition: do nothing that will harm yourself. Thus, if you as a Wicca abuse your body, deny it the necessities of life, or otherwise harm yourself, you are in violation of this principle.

The statement here is from an ____ perspective

Select one of the following:

  • etic

  • emic

  • It could be either. The answer would depend on whether the source is scholarly or not.

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

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Wicca is one of the fastest growing religions in America according to a religious survey discussed in Jensen & Thompson’s article: “Out of the Broom Closet” (p. 1).

Jensen, G.F., & Thompson, A. (2008). “Out of the broom closet”: The social ecology of American Wicca. Journal for The Scientific Study of Religion, 47(4), 753-766.

The statement represents an

Select one of the following:

  • etic perspective because it uses a scholarly source and speaks from outside the tradition.

  • emic perspective because it speaks from inside the tradition.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

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My two children are baptized. I do not have a specific reason for doing so other than to dedicate them to God in the faith which I practice. This is what we as Lutherans are supposed to do. Baptism is “a sacrament, a visible means of an invisible grace” (Olson, 2017).

Olson, K. (2017) Why infant baptism? from Living Lutheran www.livinglutheran.org/2017/01/why-infant-baptism/

This is a statement from the emic perspective using a non-scholarly source.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

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Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions, 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill Learning Solutions, 11/2012. VitalBook file.

Your textbook is a scholarly source.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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