Theories Of Religion Flashcards
1
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Functionalism - Religion unites people
A
- Durkheim
2
Q
Functionalism - religion answers ultimate Q’s
A
- Parsons
3
Q
Functionalism - religion provides comfort
A
- Malinowski
4
Q
Functionalism - religion integrates society
A
- Bellah
5
Q
Marxism - religion provides comfort
A
- Marx
6
Q
Marxism - religion maintains capitalism
A
- Marx
- Lenin
7
Q
Radical Feminism - religion legitimates the gender hierarchy
A
- De Beauvoir
8
Q
Radical Feminism - religion maintains patriarchy
A
- Armstrong (1993)
- Holm
- Woodhead (2002)
9
Q
Radical Feminism - religion segregates the sexes
A
- Holm (1994)
10
Q
Liberal Feminism - culture is oppressive not religion
A
- El Sadaawi
11
Q
Liberal Feminism - Religious forms of feminism
A
- Woodhead (2002)
- Butler
12
Q
American Civil Rights Movement (forward)
A
- Bruce
- Martin Luther King
13
Q
New Christian Right (backwards)
A
- Bruce
14
Q
Neo Marxism
A
- Gramsci
15
Q
Neo Marxism - Principle Of Hope
A
- Bloch
16
Q
Liberation theology
A
- Otto Maduro
- Oscar Romero
17
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Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism
A
- Weber
