Functionalism

Question 1

Durkheim

Answer 1

• Religion creates social integration through shared identity and provides a collective cause encouraging a social system with societies which are either sacred or profane
• Aborigines had a totem which is a symbol of sacred significance
• Religion strengthens social solidarity and without it there would be anomie

Question 2

Bellah

Answer 2

• Civil religion is secular symbols create similar social cohesion as traditional religion eg American flag