SOCY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Chiropractic, Homeschooling, James Samuel Coleman

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCY 100
• Professor: Alex Parkhouse

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Socy100 lecture notes chapter 11 (religion and education) Social construction of reality global religions (christianity, Social solidarity and cultural/individual identity: beliefs. Ideas that explain the world and identify what should be admired and are thus ultimate concerns in a particular society: contain an ideology or belief set about the standards for judging proper behavior. Normative behavior (models of or for reality. Developing a worldview and ethos: separated sacred beliefs from ordinary or mundane ones (the profane- durkheim, rituals. Set of regularly repeated, traditional, and prescribed behaviors that symbolize a value of belief. Believing is not enough, actions are necessary. Rites of passage, spiritual practices, occasion sentiments. Rituals are used to (cid:373)ark (cid:271)ou(cid:374)daries (cid:894)(cid:862)us(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)others(cid:863)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d give meaning toward working for a solution. Can help transform tragedy to opportunity by building solidarity and reinforcing authority and social order (9/11, Combination of beliefs and rituals that form a variety of religious practices together.