SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Symbolic Interactionism, Gender Inequality, Passover Seder
11 Sep 2017
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Religion gives people a sense of purpose. Sees religion as essential to society (functionalists) Religion have certain purposes for people in society. Critique: may include too many things under the definition. Highlighting people"s thoughts and their self-definition of religion. Critique: does not allow for clear definitions. We can"t define religion broadly based on subjective definitions. Inclusive definitions are so broad that they might describe other things like fandoms as a religion. Sociology of religion notes that fandoms . Creates an identity and sense of belonging. Tv - scheduled time to watch tv, gather together to talk about the show, sharing the things they enjoy. They expect things they are going to find. Since fandom religion is replacing spiritual (traditional) religion. The social forces enabling religion to continue/decline. Specifically, we may consider topics of . How people integrate religion into daily life. How religion"s position in society change over time. Tendency to talk about all religions as the same.
