SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Parachurch Organization, Contingency Table, Biblical Literalism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Lisa Kowalchuk

Document Summary

Religion is a common human response since we all stand at the edge of an abyss. Helps us cope that we will die. Offers immortality and the promise of better times to come. Provides meaning and purpose in a world that is cruel and senseless. Christian smith: defines religion as a system of beliefs and practices orientated toward the sacred or supernatural, through which the life experiences of groups of people are given meaning and direction. Religious beliefs include the belief in a power or being that is beyond nature or beyond the physical world (different from supernatural) Ask them what religion they are, if they don"t have one does not mean they aren"t religious. The rise, decline and partial revival of religiosity. The scope of religious authority has been declining: but people may still be religious in. What has been happening to these dimension generally. Many used to believe there was a process of secularization throughout the world.