UCSP endterm exam Flashcards
—- understands religion as a socially
constructed reality. This means that—–
- social scientific approach
2.t religion is shaped by the
interaction of its human agents (leaders, followers, activists, innovators, and even non-believers) and their sociohistorical
contexts.
Religion as a social reality can be defined in two ways:
- Substantive definition is concerned with what constitutes religion.
Ex. Rituals, Gods - Functional definition is more concerned with the social consequences of a religion and is a response to the limitation of
the substantive definition.
Ex. - Conflict- the use of equal society
4.sociological - it aids capitalism and should live simply
defines religion as a “unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and
forbidden – beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral
community.”
Emile Durkheim
Religion came from the
Latin word
religare which
means ‘to bring together’
and relegere, ‘to rehearse
painstakingly’ as in the case
of collective rituals
5 Types of Religion
- Monotheism – belief in single god
- Polytheism – belief in multiple gods
- Atheism – lack of belief in the existence of any god
- Animism – belief in the divinity of nonhuman beings
- Totemism – belief in a divine connection between humans
and other natural beings
Those who do not belong to an organized
religious groups are called
unchurched believers.
4 Types of religious organizations
- Church- is a religious organization that claims to possess the truth about salvation exclusively. Ex. is the Roman
Catholic Church. - Sect- is a group or organization whose beliefs and practices are
totally different from what is considered to be orthodox, or a breakaway group from a mainstream religion with radically different beliefs ex. Iglesia ni cristo - Denomination is a large, mainstream religious organization, but it does not claim to be official
- The term cult has negative connotations. These are often considered deviant groups within a society. A cult is a relatively
small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.
consists of hierarchical relationships among
different groups, as though they were arranged in layers, or strata.
Social stratification
Is an extreme form of inequality in which
some individuals are literally owned by others as property.
Slavery
is associated with the cultures of the Indian subcontinent
and the Hindu belief in rebirth.
caste
one’s social
status is given for life.
caste system, This means that all individuals must remain at the social level of their birth throughout their life
Indian caste system
Brahmins- Priest
Kshatriyas- King/Rules, warriors
Vaisyas- Merchant, Craftsman, Landlord
Sudra- Farm workers, Unskilled workers, Servants
Dalits (Untouchables)- Street Sweeper, Animal waste, Deal with dead bodies
as a large- scale grouping of people who
share common economic resources that strongly influence the
type of lifestyle they are able to lead
Class
is the movement of individuals or groups
between different social positions
Social mobility
the term class refers to people who have a common relationship to the means of production—the means by which
they gain a livelihood.
For Karl Max
own the means of production
bourgeoisie, or
capitalists
earn their living by
selling their labor to the capitalists
Proletariat
refers to differences among groups in the social honor, or prestige, that others accord them
Status
The mixing of different or combination religious beliefs and practices is called
religious syncretism
that is different from the original parent religion
folk religion
Ex. sto nino, black nazarene
folk catholicism
as the difference in the
status, power, and prestige that women and men have in groups,
collectives, and societies. L
gender inequality
is when women hold
occupations of lower status and pay, such as secretarial and retail positions, and men hold jobs of higher status and pay, such as managerial and professional positions.
gender typing
unwanted or repeated sexual advances,
remarks, and behavior that are offensive to the recipient and cause discomfort or interfere with job performance
Sexual Harassment
is a group of people in a given society who,
because of their distinct physical or cultural characteristics, find
themselves in situations of inequality compared with the dominant group within that society.
minority group
3 Different minority group
- Ethnicity refers to a type of social identity related to ancestry and cultural differences. An ethnic group is one whose members share a distinct awareness of a common cultural identity, separating them from other groups.
- Sexual minorities are groups of people whose sexual orientation, gender identity, or sexual characteristics are different from the
presumed majority of the population, which are heterosexual, cisgender, and non-intersex individuals - Person with disabilities is someone who has a physical, mental or emotional condition that keeps him/her from living a social/functional life which is deemed to be normal for their
peers.