SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Robert Neelly Bellah, Protestant Work Ethic, Social Inequality
19 Feb 2014
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While motivation for religion may be psychological, structure of society and people"s place in society influence the following: content and intensity of people" religious beliefs, form and frequency of people"s religious practices. 2000 nationwide canadian survey found 81% of adults and 71% of teenagers believed in god or a higher power: scope, though, of religious authority has declined in canada. Other institutions have grown in importance, such as medicine, psychiatry, criminal justice, education, etc. Domains where religion has strong role to play: attempts to different kinds of services have been on the decline, yet belief in god had held steady, and even increased. Theoretical approaches to the sociology of religion: durkheim, Durkheim"s definition of religious experience: when people live together, they come to share common sentiments and value, which then form a collective conscience that is larger than the individual.
