SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968), Socialized Medicine, Islamic Fundamentalism
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Sociology and religion study of beliefs, symbols, practices, and organizational forms of religions not a question of faith or the veracity of truth claims or religious beliefs approaches: consensus and critique. Providing meaning and purpose comfort, belonging, major transitions birth, marriage and death. Durkheim"s study of religion sacred totem: symbol profane: worldly sacred: beyond the everyday world (prayer but also what is forbidden/taboo halal/haram) ritual: bring people closer to the sacred (tap into other worldliness) through tradition, connect to. All things bright and beautiful rich and poor because god said so opium of the people (implication) Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. (marx, 1978,: 54) The victim is as guilty as her rapists (asaram bapu) Patriarchy into the structure travels over time and is embedded) Critique: charisma and routinization to be so inspired.
