Intro/Basic Flashcards
Belief System
ideas which claim to be true about how the world is and ought to be which can be religious or non-religious (secular)
Religion
belief/faith in a supernatural force/being/spirit and associated values and practices (rituals)
Religiosity
how religious a individual is
Substantive definition
Focus on what religion is
Functional definitions
Focus on what religion does
Constructionist definitions
What people say religion is based on their interpretations and meanings
Durkheims definition
A unified system of beliefs and practices relating to sacred things, places, people, events
Marx definition
human made ideologies which delude people about their social conditions
Webers definition
answers to human existential dilemmas, which make life meaningful and off the ethical guidelines