Religion Flashcards
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Karl Marx Perspective on Religion
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Religion as the ‘opium of the people’. Socially disadvantaged people turned to religion as a place of solace.
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Emile Durkheim Perspective on Religion
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When people worship religion, they are actually worshipping society, as humans create what to believe
- Profane - mundane (water, rules, discussion topics)
- Sacred - (cross, religious texts)
- Community of Worship - doing rituals together
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Weber’s perspective on religion
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Protestant doctrine of predestination - god had already determined what afterlife is. But being wealthy would mean that you would go to heaven.
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Spirituality
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People develop own levels of moral codes, use afterlife to guide morality, people have different levels of religiousity
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Secularisation Thesis
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As we become more modern, religion becomes less important
