Recapping Beliefs in society

  1. Functionalism- religion provides a way for people to pray away there issues, give people a sense of ease - malinoski - also serves society as a whole too

  2. marxism- says religion is a way to control the working class through patriarchy and laws within the bible. - lenin - spiritual gin

  3. feminism- Feminists believe that religion is a patriarchal institution that reflects and perpetuates the inequality between men and women. , oppresses women   - armstrong and churches segregating people

Substantive - focus on the content or substance of religious belief, such as belief in god and supernatural. Weber (1905) defines religion as belief in a superior or supernatural power

functional- define religon in terms of functions it preforms for individuals and or society. For example, yinger (1995) defines religion as ‘a system of beliefs and practices by means of which a group of people struggles with the ultimate problems of human life’.

constructionists- take an interprevist approach that focuses in how members of society themselves define religion. Thye don’t believe there is one single definition.

world rejecting NRMs-

World accomodating NRMs-

World affiriming NRMs-

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