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What are Religion, Science and education in a position to do?

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They are in a position to decide what is true and then disseminate this knowledge to the population

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What are Beleifs?

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Things we accept as true, regardless of whether it objectively is or not

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What are Beleif Systems?

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Sets of interconnected beliefs that are shared among given groups of people

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What are the 3 Components of Belief systems?

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1) They include claims about the nature of reality
2) Include ethical and moral claims
3) Use technology or technologies to obtain or use knowledge

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What is Religion?

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A United system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things

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What is Religiousity?

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A measure of religious affirmation, attendance, and participation

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What is Bridging Capital?

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Resources accumulated from the group that can be used outside the group

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What is Bonding Capital?

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Resources in the form of community feelings of belonging

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What are the positive impacts of Religiousity?

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Less depression

Better health

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What are the Negative impacts of Religiousity?

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Social inequality
Religious conflict
Violence
War

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What are the two ways that sociologists can approach religion?

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Substantive approaches and Functional Approaches

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What do Substantive approaches focus on?

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The meanings that exist within the religions themselves and how those meanings are understood and taken up by followers of that religion in the daily lives

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What does Functional approaches emphasize?

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The social aspects of religion, thinking about the functions they serve and what the implications of those are for people and for society

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What does Durkheim argue about religion and socialogy?

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Religion increases social solidarity through a collective conscience and collective effervescence

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What is Collective conscience?

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The unified body of cultural knowledge that is transmitted in group religious rituals

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What is a Collective effervescence?

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A euphoria that enables people to transcend the challenges of everyday life that emerged from group rituals

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What er mechanical societies?

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Societies United by sameness

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What are Organic societies?

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Societies which are United by interdependence on each other because everyone performs specialized functions

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Why does Durkheim think religion is a major unifier?

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Because it’s a space for everyone to practice and solidify their sameness. In organic societies this can be carries out by other institutions like school

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What is the conflict perspective of religion?

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The working class escape the terribleness of their lives into religion but religion prevents them from seeing the inequalities that make their lives so terrible

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How does Weber argue capitalism came to be?

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Not through new technology or financial investments but capitalism became through religion

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How does Marx say economic structures came to be?

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Changing economic structures lead to changes in thought

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What does Weber say about economic structures?

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Changes in thought happen first then changes in thought lead to structural change

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What is Predestination in Protestism?

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What was going to happen to your soul in the afterlife has already been decided

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What do Revisionists suggest?

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That people’s interpretations of religion that have created sexual inequality are wrong and that if religious texts are read properly you can find that they emphasize equality

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What do reformists say?

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Sexism that is present in texts and practices and argue for the removal of these elements and for emphasizing equality and incorporating more female friendly language and symbols

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What did Rejectionists say about religion?

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All of the major religions are sexist and inherently argue to drop all of the, and adopt a more female centered spirituality like goddess worship

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What is Postmodernist all about again?

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The world is exploding with meaning and varying meaning on meaning without any broad over arching single theory

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What does Postmodernism feel about religion?

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It points to the wide array of religious forms to see the wide variety of ways religion can be practiced and then multiplies these further by pointing to individuality of each person experience and practice of religion

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Why does Science have norms?

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Because it is self governing and based on objectivity

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What are the Norms of Science?

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Communism
Universalism
Disinterested
Skepticism

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What does the Communism norm of science say?

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Scientific knowledge is to be freely shared. There are challenges to this norm like for profit journals also sometimes it’s not written in language that everyone can understand

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What does the Norm of universalism say?

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Scientific knowledge is to be free of social biases. However this int necessarily possible because bias sneaks its way in

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What does the Norm of Disinterestedness stay?

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Science is yo be conducted in pursuit of truth, rather than for personal vested interest. Like pharmaceutical companies can’t vouch for the safety of their own products

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What is the Norm of Skepticism?

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New claims must be subjected to rigorous scrutiny before being accepted

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What do the POMO and feminist have in common about science?

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They operate from this place of understanding that knowledge is socially constructed

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What does Foucault say about knowledge and power?

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Those with power are in the positions to have knowledge they observe as being legitimate knowledge

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What does Independence perspective say about religion and science?

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Proponents of independence believe that these are totally separate things, independent of each other and so can co exist independently

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What does the Conflict perspective say about religion and science?

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Accepting one means rejecting the other and they are mutually exclusive

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What does the Dialogue perspective say about Religion and Science?

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Meaningful conversation about the nature of existence can occur between the two (they can be considered together along side one another)

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What does the Integration perspective say about science and religion?

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Both bodies of knowledge can be combined in some ways

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What is Education?

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A formal institution that systematically instills much of the knowledge that is needed to function as productive adults in society

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What does Functionalists say about Education?

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It has Manifest and Latent functions

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What are the Manifest functions of Education?

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Skill and knowledge development; historical and cultural transmission; social development; social control

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What are the Latent functions of education?

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Things that school do that helps the community run smoothly like daycare, supervision, matchmaking, and networking

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What do Critical theories on Education focus on?

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Engaged ideas like the hidden curriculum, and streaming?

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What is streaming?

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A process whereby students are placed into programs or levels of curriculum based on perceived levels of achievement. Students at various stages in the education system can be directed into different education streams (such as those who have learning disabilities or those that are determined to be exceptional and go into IB or AP classes). Some students may be directed towards things like specific vocational training versus others being directed to higher level learning like university

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