SOC101 Lecture Notes - New Religious Movement, Christian Symbolism, Religious Pluralism
19 Mar 2013
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[religion] march 6, 2013: a set of organized beliefs about the supernatural or spiritual worlds and their associated ceremonies that guides people"s behaviour and joins them into communities of believers, need in collective consciousness for ceremonies, religious nonsense. Faith: a belief system based on convictions that does not require objective evidence to substantiate its claims, people accept understandings on the basis of faith. Religious symbols exist within are day to day lives, despite are religious affiliations. Ties to patriotism, nationalism, charter of rights and freedoms, christian-based. In god we trust holidays: types of religious groups. New religious movement: an informal group without defined structure, emerges around authoritarian and charismatic leaders, usually disband once leader dies. Catholic church in italy, islam in iran, lutheran church of sweden, and anglican. Church of england: denomination: socially accepted religious body that has bureaucratic characteristics similar to those of the church. Different sorts of emphasis on certain beliefs, within the larger church.
