SOC 1200 Lecture 58: Lecture 58 – SOC 1200

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Religion used to be the dominant institution - knowledge and social life. The rise of science replaced religion as the dominant way of knowing: secularization - influence of religion declined. About the social world - not individual. All sociologists said religion would loose its influence over time. Organized religion - set of institutions, include groups, buildings, and resources. Science - it"s a way of thinking - culturally and socially. Intersection with institutional religion and aboriginal spirituality: public belief. Spirituality - includes ideas that are shared but may not be practiced with other people: private belief. How is it functional: religion helps us explain awesome events, gives us guidelines how to live with one another, can differentiate between what is sacred and profane. Profane - public/everyday life - non religious world. Church - interchangeable with christianity: refers to actual members of a particular faith. Church - houses of worship - has a certain set of norms, beliefs, and values.

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