A Primary Concern Regarding a Sound Academic Approach to the Study

question 25

Multiple Choice

A primary concern regarding a sound academic approach to the study of world religions involves the fact that it arose within an intellectual culture that

• A) embraced atheistic and agnostic theories of human behavior.
• B) ignored the relevance of religion as an important factor in molding society.
• C) tended to take for granted that Christianity was a model of what religion ought to be.
• D) was overtly influenced by Communism and therefore tended to undervalue religion.

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