RE207 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution
Document Summary
Theories of religion - turning to religion"s functions: preface. First theory - religion functions to exploit people (karl marx: the context to oppress, exploit or put down lives of ordinary people. Attempt to put ordinary people in their place. News reporter, wanted to be a professor. Used this as a medium to share ideas about society and oppression and how religion is fit into this. Grows up in industrial period, fascinated with science and darwinism focused on industrial revolution: huge growth in 1800 of mechanized growth and factories, mid 1800s made by hand started to be made by machines. Production was faster and quality was higher: resulted in many people working close to the poverty line, people living in rural areas moved to the city hoping to find a job in the factories. Companies profitable because they paid their workers so poorly. People working in factories were very poor, made very little money: no unions/benefitsetc.
