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1. Stark and Finke's Proposition 51 in Acts of Faith states: "Congregational size is inversely related to the average level of member commitment." (a) Briefly explain their reasoning behind this claim. (b) A recent development in the world of religion is the rise of so-called "megachurches." On first glance, it appears that they might counter Stark and Finke's Proposition 51 in Acts of Faith. Consider how megachurches succeed despite having large congregations. Visit the Hartford Institute for Religion Research web page for megachurches. From the course web site, click HIRR link, then hover over "Research" and click on "Megachurches." Click the link for a "Definition" of megachurches. What is the definition of a megachurch? What is the attendance at the largest megachurch in the U.S.A.? Approximately how many megachurches are there in the U.S.A.? (c) According to Stark and Finke, Acts of Faith, Ch. 6, how do megachurches limit free-riding despite having large congregations? (d) Although megachurches limit free-riding to a degree, they also allow a lot of free- riding. Why might they do this? 2. Listen to the Research on Religion Podcast interview with Rajdeep Singh about Sikhism [see the appropriate blog post dated April 30, 2015 on the class blog]. (a) Remember the classification of religious groups by strictness given in Stark and Finke's book and in class. In what category do you think Sikhism best fits and why? (b) Explain how the 9/11 event led to an increase in tension between many Americans and Sikhs. (c) Is a law, like the one in Oregon discussed in the podcast, that forbids school teachers from from wearing religious clothing or accessories a good law? Give an argument for your stance. 3. Consider Ch. 7 in Brekke's Faithonomics. (a) Brekke discusses how Buddhist religious products differ from Christian ones. What differences does he note? (b) Yes or no: was there a free market for religion in 12th and 13th century Tibet? Explain your answer. 4. In Ch. 8, Stark and Finke claim that Unitarian Universalist (UU) has low strictness while Seventh-Day Adventism (SDA) has high strictness. Read the Wikipedia entries on SDA and UU, links here: . http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church 8. http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism Using information that you read from these entries, explain what features of UU make it not strict and what features of SDA make it strict. Be sure to identify any stigmatizing behaviors encouraged by SDA. 5. You will now assess whether strict SDA grows faster than non-strict UU by looking at membership growth for each group over a 40 year span. Go to the Association of Religion Data Archive (ARDA) web site [click the ARDA link on the course web site], click the "Religious Groups" link near the top of the page, and then "Religious Groups" tab next to the "Religious Family Trees" tab. For UU data, click "Liberal" and then "Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations." For SDA data, click "Adventist" and then "Seventh-Day Adventist Church." (a) Calculate the average annual membership growth rate from 1961 to 2000 (40 years) for each group. Use the following formula: average annual growth rate = membership in 2000 \\ 10 membership in 1961 - 1. (b) Are the growth rates consistent with the prediction that strict groups will grow faster than non-strict groups