Paper 2 Sociologists Beliefs Flashcards
(20 cards)
What does Durkheim say about the key feature in religion? And what did he study?
There is a fundamental distinction between sacred and profane. He studied Toteism
What did Malinowski study?
Trobriand Island - fish in the lagoon and uses canoe magic to ensure their safety back
What does Bellah say about civil religion?
It integrates society in a way that individual religions cannot
What does Lynch say about young people?
They will turn away from conventional (traditional religions)
What does Lenin describe religion as?
Spiritual Gin - keeps the WC in their place, mystic fog
What does Simon De Beauvoir say about the radical view of religion?
In her book the second sex religion is seen as a weapon that controlled and brianswahsed women
Who says that women’s exclusion is evidence of their marginalissation?
Karen Armstrong
What’s Karva Chuath?
Hinduism event - once a year married women will fast and give their husbands a long and prosperous life
What does Nawal El Saadow say aboiy partriarchu?
It influenced and reshaped religion as men would also use the beliefs that favoured them
What does wood head say?
Women use religion to gain freedom and respect
What does Butler say aboit British Muslims?
They wear the head scarf as part of their identity
What does Mcrobbie say about girls
They adopt the bedroom culture
What did Halman and Draulans believe in?
It is women rather than men who are more likely to feel it is necessary to take charge of their child’s moral development
What does Davie say about ethnicity and religiosity?
There are higher levels of religiosity that helps to maintain tradition
What does Modood say EMs
Religion was important in EM communities as a source of socialisation
What does Davie say about belonging without believing?
When you do stuff that you may not believe in like going to a mosque but you don’t believe but you still have to go
What does Weber say about why people join sects?
Poorer people more likely to join - theodicy of disprivileges
What does Stark and Bainbridge say ?
Women and people in poverty will turn to new age movements
What does Bellah say about MC in the 60s?
Experiencing a “crisis of meaning” regarding materialistic values of their parents culture
What does Wallis say about young people in the 60s?
They weren’t accepting norms or politics and wnated to discover identities through NRMS as they found it more appealing and would help them with their status and frustration
