SOCA02H3 Lecture : Religion
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Classical sociologists are not so much concerned with the truth of falsehood of religion, but of the social implications and forces of religions. Definition of the situation: what people believe or define as truth produces real consequences (thomas. Cheddar cheese cult: believe the moon is made of cheddar cheese. Every full moon they would meet in a farmers field outside of town and each cheese all night because cheese was believed to grant ever lasting life. Sociologists study this and its implications and consequences. Leon festinger ( when prophecy fails ) studied a cult that believed on the certain date a spaceship would appear to remove the believers in to an everlasting life in space. What happened when the shit didn"t www. notesolution. com appear was that their belief became more intense. Measuring religion can be difficult (attendance can be based on other reasons than the religious itself, and questions can be value laden)