ED 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: White Privilege, Religious Pluralism, Christian Privilege
22 Feb 2017
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Religious oppression: the systematic subordination of minority religious groups such as buddhists, Hindus, jews, muslims, sikhs, native americans spiritualities, and those who are atheists, agnostics, or freethinkers. Hegemony: a society"s unacknowledged and/unconscious adherence to a dominant world view, without any need for external policing, through assumed cultural norms, policies and practices who maintenance depends not on any special effort but on business as usual. Christian hegemony: the dominance of christian observances, holy days, and places of worship without regard of those of non-christian. Christian privilege: the social advantages held by. Christians in the u. s who experience social and cultural advantages relative to non-christians. Christian normativity: the norms, traditions, and belief systems that characterize this advantage. A social justice approach to religious oppression. Emphasizes structural and systematic patterns in equality based upon religious group membership. Reproduced through interlocking social institutions and culture. Sociological analysis describes pervasive religious values, beliefs, and institutions within u. s culture, institutional polices, and social systems.
