SOC201H1 Lecture Notes - Falun Gong, Science Advances
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Since 1985, there"s a decline in monthly attendance of church in canada. Sacred experienced outside of daily life: transcendent. Religion provides an escape (from suffering and death) (weber is alluding to) The poor: justification or coping with the difficulty of their social position. The rich: reason why their privilege is deserved. Monotheistic: one god (abraham religions), polytheistic: many gods (ie greek gods), no gods: ie buddhism, animism religion: soul in non-living things. Can you measure by seeing the proportion of marriage at the church, religious burial, etc: what is defined as sacred varies. It varies around each religion and some don"t have a belief system with one supreme being: need an multidimensional understanding. Secular thesis coin in 1967 by peter berger in the book the sacred canopy. Fundamental argue of trend in modern society: religion is losing plausibility in the modern world. Losing ability to compel adherence as religion is becoming a private matter/individual choice.
