SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Islamic Fundamentalism, Nations Of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Christian Fundamentalism
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March 14, 2013: questions of faith: truth and values of religious beliefs, sociology of religion: the study of beliefs, symbols, practices and organizational forms of religions. Sociologists look at religion from the view of its roles in society, not if god exists or not: sacred: refers to the religious, transcendent world. Something or someone important, extraordinary and declared holy. Sociologists focus on how sacred objects operate within a society, and how it unifies people together. 216: profane: refers to the secular, everyday world. In the enlightenment period, they assumed that as society becomes more modern and rationalized, religion will eventually disappear. 224: charismatic leaders: religious leaders who claim to be inspired by supernatural powers and whose followers believe them to be so inspired. 228: routinization of charisma: weber"s term for the transformation of the unique gift of divine enlightenment into a permanent feature of everyday life.
