SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Pentecostalism, Catholic Church, Protestantism
12 May 2013
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Dimensions of religiosity: beliefs, practices (behaviours, experience (experiencing a higher power, knowledge (knowledge of scripture, holy bible) Generally canadians have a high level or religious: belief, practice, experience, and knowledge. Church-sect typology: smaller groups that break away from churches, sects include: methodists, salvation army, baptist church, and pentacostal church, interested in how these sects improved and grew. When 2 parents share the same religion, 99% of the time, their kids will be raised in that religion: 2. How religious groups deal with conflict: 3. How do they develop particular rules: 4. Measures of success: membership #"s, how a group is growing. Turning to religion for help or comfort: 2. Socialization is a necessary but not sufficient : 3. The people in society who are most deprived; they end up being the most religious because of their deprivation: research on suicide bombers by brym and araj.
