SOCIOL 1A06 Chapter 16: Chapter 16 Religion.docx
15 May 2012
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Religion is a system of beliefs and practices around sacred things, a set of shared. Religious beliefs help shape social behavior by setting expectations and helping people distinguish between right and wrong. Secularism ( )is a general movement away from religiosity and spiritual belief and toward a rational, scientific orientation. In accordance with his belief that all social facts of life are grounded in conflict, karl. Marx argued religion was used to keep workers from questioning their oppressed ( ) position in everyday life by promising them riches in the afterlife. Max weber argued that protestantism ( ) was a prerequisite for the development of capitalism because it introduced the idea that a person fulfilled his duty to god through hard work and asceticism ( ). Making money was not frowned ( ) upon, although spending that money on pleasure and personal enjoyment was.
