SOC 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Civil Religion, Meritocracy, Montessori Education
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Ideas that explain the world and identify what should be sacred: totems (durkheim, sacred, profane things that have a function (ex: chair) Religion= a social phenomenon that consists of beliefs about that scared; a shared experience, practices, and rituals that reinforce those beliefs; and the community that shares similar beliefs and practices. Components of religion: rituals, regularly repeated, prescribed, and traditional behaviors that serve to symbolize some form of value (must happen at the time of a reflection, rite of passage, symbolize major transitions in life, weddi(cid:374)g et(cid:272) . Types of religious institutions: sect, a small group of people voluntarily joining a group conscious, (cid:862)true (cid:271)elievers(cid:863, church, a large group of people that are usually born into it. Judaism is one of the most world smallest religions. Civil religion: (cid:862)the protesta(cid:374)t ethi(cid:272)s a(cid:374)d the pirit of capitalis(cid:373)(cid:863) Religion is the embodiment of the state: max weber. He says religion is only powerful for one reason.
