Functionalist Theories of Religion
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Name the 4 points Durkheim uses to explain how religion is a vital institution for maintaining social cohesion and solidarity?
the scared and profane
totenism
collective conscious
cognitive functions
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define sacred
things that are set apart and forbidden that inspire feelings awe
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define profane
things that have no special meaning
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What are preformed by ‘special social groups’
rituals
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sacred things provoke powerful emotions. what did this indicate to Durkheim or the reasoning is because?
the symbols that evoke feelings are society itself
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