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- 3. Durkheim’s view Unified systemof beliefs and practices relative to sacred things Religion as collective act Includes many forms of behavior in which people interact with others
- 4. Sacred elements beyond everydaylife that inspire awe, respect, and even fear Sacred and Profane Profane includes the ordinary and commonplace
- 5. What do theserepresent amongCatholics?
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- 7. Diversity inWorld Religions 85%of world’s population adheres to some religion World Religions
- 8. Buddhism, 463 Christianity, 2,281 Hinduism, 935 Islam,1,553 Judaism, 15 World Religions (2011)
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- 10. Manifest functions religion definesthe spiritual world and gives meaning to the divine Functional Perspective Latent functions might include providing a meeting ground for unmarried members
- 11. Offers people meaning andpurpose Gives people ultimate values and ends to hold in common Religion and Social Support Emphasis on divine and supernatural allows us to do something about calamities we face The Integrative Function of Religion
- 12. Followers of ProtestantReformation emphasized a disciplined work ethic, this- worldly concerns, and a rational orientation for life TheWeberianThesis
- 13. LiberationTheology Church should beused in political efforts to eliminate poverty, discrimination, and other forms of injustice Conflict Perspective
- 14. Feminist Religion as aninstrument of women’s subordination, except for their role in religious socialization Conflict Perspective
- 15. Marx argued religionimpeded social change Religion drugged masses into submission by offering a consolation for their harsh live on earth AConflictView
- 16. Focus on thereligious behavior Belief Ritual Experience Interactionist Perspective
- 17. Belief •statements to which membersof a particular religion adhere Religious Behavior
- 18. Ritual •practices required or expectedof members of a faith Religious Behavior
- 19. Experience • feeling orperception of being in direct contact with ultimate reality or of being overcome with religious emotion Religious Behavior
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- 21. Ecclesiae Religious organization claimingto include most or all of the members of a society Recognized as the national or official religion Denominations Large, organized religion not officially linked with the state or government ReligiousOrganization
- 22. ReligiousOrganization Sects Relatively small religiousgroup that broke away from some other religious organization to renew the original vision of the faith Sects are fundamentally at odds with society and do not seek to become established national religions.
- 23. ReligiousOrganization New Religious Movementsor Cults New religious movement (NRM): small secretive religious groups that represent either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith Similar to sects Tend to be small Viewed as less respectable than more established faiths
- 24. ReligiousOrganization Comparing Forms ofReligious Organization Ecclesiae, denominations, sects, and new religious movements have different relationships to society Electronic communication led to the electronic church
- 25. ReligiousOrganization Figure 15-3. LargestReligious Groups in the United States by County, 2000 Source: D. Jones et al. 2002:592
- 26. ReligiousOrganization Table 15-3. Characteristicsof Ecclesiae, Denominations, Sects, and New Religious Movements Adapted from Vernon 1962; see also Chalfant et al. 1994
- 27. Social Policy andReligion Religion in the Schools The Issue Should public schools be allowed to sponsor organized prayers or other expressions of religion in the classroom? Some want strict separation of church and state Who has the right to decide these issues?
- 28. Religion in theSchools The Setting First Amendment’s provisions on religious freedom In 1987, Supreme Court ruled states could not compel the teaching of creationism in public schools Many school districts now require teachers entertain alternative theories to evolution and to the creation of the universe Social Policy and Religion
- 29. Social Policy andReligion Religion in the Schools Sociological Insights Supporters of school prayer and of creationism feel use of nondenominational prayer cannot lead to the establishment of an ecclesia in U.S. Opponents of school prayer and creationism argue religious majority in a community might impose religious viewpoints at the expense of religious minorities
- 30. Religion in theSchools Policy Initiatives Activism of religious fundamentalists in the public school system raises a question:Whose ideas and values deserve a hearing in classrooms? Social Policy and Religion
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