Beliefs- functionalism Flashcards
What does Durkiem say sacred means
Ideas that have fixed themselves on material objects
What does Durkhiem say religion enforces/maintain
Social order
Collective conscience
What does Durkhiem say religion is based on
The division between the ordinary and profane
What does Malinowski say religion promotes
Social norms
Values
Social solidarity
How does religion help deal with emotional crisis according to Malinowski
With ceremonies
E.g funerals
What does Parsons say that religion creates
Secondary socialisation
How does Parsons say religion creates secondary socialisation
Provides guidelines for human actions
E.g 10 commandments ‘thou shall not kill’
What does ‘civil religion’ mean
A faith in Americanism that which unites people regardless of their own religions
What did Shils and young say the coronation created
Civil religion
What did Marx say about religion
Religion is an opiate that dulls the pain of alienation
Religion is an ISA
What does Marx say religion enables the upper class to do
Allows them to maintain their position as it was given by God
What example of revolutionary change did Engles use to say that religion can play a dual character
Early Christian sects opposing Roman rule and compared them to communist and socialist political movements
How does religion play a dual character according to Bloch
Religion is the expression of ‘the principle of hope’- our dreams of a better life that contain images of utopia
What did Billings study show
The church can aid or prohibit social change
Miners were supported by the church, miners weren’t
What did Gramsci say religion can play
A counter hegemony as religion does not always have to pass on dominant ideas
