Religion Flashcards

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Religion secularization

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Refers to the level of involvement with religious organizations, the social and material influence wielded by religious organizations, and the degree to which people hold religious beliefs

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Church

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Large bodies of people belonging to an established religious organization

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Sect

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Religious movements that break away from orthodoxy

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Denomination

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A religious sect that has lost its revivalist dynamism and become an institutionalized body, commanding the adherence of significant numbers of people.

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Cult

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Fragmentary religious groupings to which individuals are loosely affiliated but that lack any permanent structure, often do not adhere to traditional religious ideals

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Marx’s theory of religion

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Religion helps divert attention of the exploited workers from the conditions of their own misery, hence religion legitimizes social inequality

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Durkheim’s theory of religion

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The disguised worship of society, integrative force (collective consciousness)

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Sacred

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That which inspires awe or reverence among believers; forbidden

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Profane

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That which belongs to the mundane, everyday world

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How is it that protestants were disproportionately represented in large-scale profit-oriented industrial enterprise?

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Capitalism emerged out of the “protestant ethos” (systematic pursuit of salvation based on diligent labor in a calling

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Religious economy

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A theoretical framework within the sociology of religion that argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organizations in competition with one another for followers

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Civil religion

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A theoretical framework within the sociology of religion that argues that religions can be fruitfully understood as organizations in competition with one another for followers

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New religious movements

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Range from spiritual and self-help groups within the New Age movement to exclusive sects such as the Hare Krishnas

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