SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Religious Pluralism
16 Nov 2016
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A set of beliefs adhered to by the members of a community, incorporated symbols regarded with a sense of awe or wonder together with ritual practices. It"s a linked to important practices and social identity. In socially, we don"t care about the facts but how they relate to sociology. But you generally also do not explain religion by resource to supernatural powers. You focus on how religious organization relates to social change. Marx: religion is the opium of the people and miscalculate the results of their action for supernatural forces. The promise of a better life kept people from thinking how bad they have it. Religion is a characteristic of societies as a whole, and depends on drawing a line between sacred and profane through ritual. There is nothing inherent in any religious symbol. Weber: religion is the source of social change.
