RE207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Aryan Race, Protestant Reformation, Protestantism
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Religion functions to sustain a society (emile durkheim: glue that keeps society together, allows people to work together and live together, durkheim 1858-1917- religion supports society. Died just before end of first world war. Grew up very similar to others of his time period industrial revolution is producing more and more goods leading some people rich, some people poor science becoming very fashionable rational thinking, hypothesis as a means to progress. Cultural darwinism, primitive and complex societies with europe being the epitome of complex societies raised jewish, but atheist. Not a fan of established religion, did not see use of it. Purest example among australian aboriginals if you look close enough to religion, you can see religion holds themselves together, when they worship god, they are just looking at themselves. Every religion"s deity figure resembles the group that worships it if god looks similar to society, god is creation of the society.
