Perspectives

Question 1

Feminists patriarchal ideology

Answer 1

See patriarchal ideology in science and religion as legitimating gender inequalities

Question 2

Pauline marks

Answer 2

Ideas from science have been used to exclude women from education. She quotes that educating females would lead to a creating of “a new race of i feminine female and disqualify women from their true vacation”- the nurturing of the next generation

Question 3

Feminism -El saadawi-Davie

Answer 3

Reinforces male dominance
-one true god is always almost masculine - women are closer to life &death- child birth- more religious due to exposure to ultimate questions

Question 4

Feminism criticism -woodhead

Answer 4

Example hijab to demonstrate a form of feminism in religion - Muslim ladies have a choice

Question 5

Functionalism

Answer 5

Religion provides a functional Role

• provides emotional support
• guidance- answers life questions
• gives security- heaven

Question 6

Functionalism Durkheim

Answer 6

Key function of religion is to strengthen social solidarity

- totemism- sacred- created spirituality

Question 7

Post modernists

Answer 7

Religion influence is deciding- contemporary society is based on individualism- free to pick and chose which parts of religion and spirituality best suits them

Question 8

Post modernist - Grace Davies

Answer 8

Believing without belonging

Question 9

Marxism

Answer 9

Views religion as reinforcing social conflict- through ideology
-legitimises the relation of capitalism

Question 10

Marxism -Marx -Lenin

Answer 10

• religion operates as an ideological weapon used by ruling class to legitimate the suffering of the poor
• ‘spiritual fun’ to manipulate the wc by creating a ‘mystical fog’ that obscures reality,