Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Protestant Work Ethic, Fundamentalism, Social Inequality
13 Aug 2016
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Profane an ordinary element of everyday life: how we define most objects, events, or experiences. Sacred set apart as extraordinary, inspiring a sense of awe, reverence and even fear. Religion a social institution involving beliefs and practises based on recognizing the sacred. Emily durkheim said : religion involves things that surpass the limits of our knowledge, people understand profane things in terms of their everyday usefulness. Totem objects in the norms world which are defined as sacred. Faith belief based on conviction rather than scientific evidence. Goals of sociology to explore how religion is understood around the world and how it ties to other social institutions. While practising religion people celebrate the awesome power of their society. Totem an object in the natural world collectively defined as sacred. Weaknesses: it downplays religion"s dysfunctions such as strongly held beliefs can generate social conflict, religious beliefs have provoked more violence than differences of social class.
