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creates and maintains value consensus, social order and solidarity

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Durkheim

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Religion acts as a constraining force, through religious worship, the collective conscience is imprinted on the individual: they literally ‘feel’ the weight of the community on them

-religion reinforces a sense of belonging and shared identity to society

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Malinowski

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Religion helps individuals to deal with the psychological stresses which occur in times of social change, such as births, marriages and deaths. religion can ‘make sense’ of death for example

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Parsons

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  • religion maintains social order
  • promotes value cosensus: many legal systems are based on religious morals for exmaple
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Critics

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  • religion promotes social change
  • secularisation means religion performs less functions
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