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Who are the three functionalist theorists that discusses religion?

Which of these statements does Parsons say?

Provides moral guidelines

Maintains social stability

There is sacred and profane

Is a conservative force

Without guidelines society would breakdown and create anomie

What other statement does Durkheim state?

Religion reinforced social norms and values

Each religion has totems that create a collective conscience

Religion provides moral guidelines

Without guidelines society would create anomie

Which functionalist completed a case study?

Durkheim

Malinowski

Parsons

Bellah

Who did Malinowski study?

Tribriand Island, South Pacific

Pacific islands

Caribbean islands

What did Malinowski find/state?

Religion reinforced social norms and values.

Religion provides moral guidelines

Religion creates a collective conscience

Religion is a conservative force.

What are the three critiques of functionalist?

Ignores sacularisation

Ignores secularisation

Other institutions gives moral guidelines

Ignores dysfunctional side of religion

Only popular in Southern states

Doesn't justify social status

What does neo-functionalist Bellah state?

Religion creates freedom for those who are oppressed

There is now civil religion. EG Americanism

Ignores other faiths that could have started capitalism

Religion is patriarchal

What does Althusser say?

Religion defends the rich and powerful

Religion is an ISA

Religion is a major part of the rich's life in two ways

Clark's shoes is an example of how the rich use religion to oppress the proletariat

Name the 5 ways in which religion oppresses the proletariat...

Stops the creation of a collective conscience

Makes suffering bearable

Maintains dominance through marriage and land

Maintains social inequality

Prevents social change

Creates a divide between the rich and poor

Acts as a compensation

Makes workers work harder

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