RELIGIOUS BELIEFS & SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
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RELIGION THEORY1. Introduction
1. Origin2. World Religious
2. Religion as a Function of Society1. Theory of Durkheim2. Karl Marx3. Weber
Origin
World Religious
Religion has existed in all human societies from early times. Although belief systems and traditions of worship differ from culture to culture, they also have many common elements. In all cultures, human beings make a practice of interacting with what are taken to be spiritual powers. These powers may be in the form of gods, spirits, ancestors, or any kind of sacred reality with which humans believe themselves to be connected.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009
Religion as a Function of Society• Durkheim’s theory:
Social religion’s society ( In community)
Collective conscience (share common feeling)
Religious
Profane : everyday word
Sacred : god’s world >< profane
Totem
Ritual
Function of Religion : cohesion: keep social close
Functionalist Perspective
Karl Max
• Religion:– From: people chose to change the nature of
reality than change their unfair conditions.– Provide: religious status (instead of social status)– Change people attention from suffering reality
Wealthy capitalists religious beliefencourage
Weber