minority ethnic groups, the practice of religion and membership of religious groups is mainly a form of cultural defense (33 marks) Most people would disagree with Bruce’s idea that members from ethnic groups use religion as a cultural defense. The definition of social defense is "a form of resistance, when the group is seen as a threat in a hostile country". Other sociologists disagree with this concept and they believe instead religion offers a psychological function, dual role, cultural identity, social
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Alex Schroeder Sociology 101 Current Event 2 Religion and Generosity The article I have chosen is about a study done that shows that children who grew up in religious households were significantly more likely to not share. This contradicts our notions on religious people being more generous. Jean Decety of the University of Chicago, conducted the experiment on children. Decety and his colleagues asked more than 1,100 children between the ages of five and twelve from all around the world with
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Evaluate the Marxist theory of religion and its relevance to society today. Marxists believe that the ruling class use instruments in society to control the working class – for example religion and education. They argue that religion is created and promoted by the Ruling Class in order to pass on their dominant ideology to the working class, using it as an “instrument”. Althusser argues that the ruling class do this through physical control such as the police and the justice system (Repressive
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Assess feminist views on the role and function of religion (33 marks) Feminists regard religion as a main component in the perpetuation of patriarchy in contemporary society, it perpetuates oppressive gender roles, marginalises women and ensures male domination is retained. In terms of the structure of religious organisations, feminists point to the fact that they are male dominated, even though women often make up more of the attendees, often men will occupy the more central and sacred positions
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Feminists describe religion as patriarchal and a way of legitimising female subordination. Feminists believe that religion oppresses women and that religion is also a way of justifying female subordination by giving better promises of greater rewards later in a sexless life . However, functionalists argue that its function is not to oppress women but to keep society stable.and Marxists believe that religion oppresses the working class and serves capitalism not women Feminists argue that
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Sociologists suggest that there is a relationship between religion and social change but there are two main arguments. One is that religion has not helped or contributed to social change as some sociologists as that religion is a conservative force, which believe in traditional values and beliefs about moral issues and that they oppose changes that would allow individuals more freedom in personal and sexual matters. For example the Catholic Church which forbid divorce, abortion and artificial contraception
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Evaluate Marxist views on the role of religion today (33 marks) Marxism is a macro theory meaning it looks at the effect of religion on society rather than separate individuals. Being a conflict theory it views the institutions in society to maintain inequality and uphold ruling class dominance- religion is no exception. Religion is considered a tool of social control as it uses hegemony to control the masses and legitimize ruling class superiority- simply used to keep the current status quo existing
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— in other words, what does religion look like? Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and sometimes, to moral values (Talal, 1982). Religions most notably are represented by symbols, stories, traditions or anything that tends to explain the meaning of life or the creation of earth and its beings. Each religion has its take on morality, ethics, religious laws, and lifestyle. Many religions have determined behaviors which
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SCLY 3: Beliefs in Society Revision Guide 2009-10 Name: Remember: You have to revise everything, because essay questions will focus on more than one area of the specification. The specification: The relationship between religious beliefs and social change and stability * Functionalism: conservative force, inhibition of change, collective conscience, Durkheim and totemism, anomie; civil religions * Marxism: religion as ideology, legitimating social inequality, disguising
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Year 11 Religion Sexuality Assignment Sexuality is one of the most significant and controversial issues in modern society and in the most considerable religions such as Islam, Judaism, Catholicism and Buddhism. Sexuality can be defined in several manners; most individuals would assume that sexuality is about sexual identity and gender role. However, sexuality is a very broad topic that can be explored in many ways, more significant aspects of the topic can be seen below: o Purpose of sexuality
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