Theories (and weaknesses) of Religion
- Created by: alice donnelly
- Created on: 24-12-12 15:10
View mindmap
- Theories of religion
- Marx
- 'Opiate of the masses'
- Abercrombie & Turner- doersn't function to control the population
- Reproduces ruling class ideology
- It's a mechanism of social control
- It justifies inequality- the Caste Sytem
- False Class Consciousness
- Ignores positive functions of religion
- 'Opiate of the masses'
- Functionalist
- Durkheim
- 'The Sacred and the Profane'
- Totemism
- Collective Conscience
- Collective Worship
- Parsons
- Religion causes social stability by relieving the tension and frustration that could disrupt social order
- Malinowski
- Life Crises- Triobrand Islanders and fishing- rituals
- Bellah
- Civil Religion- belief system that attaches sacred qualities to a society- 'Americanism'
- Ignores religion as a source of conflict- N Ireland
- Ignores women's oppression
- Durkheim
- Marxist
- Maduro (Neo Marxist)
- Religion isn't always a conservative force- can bring about social revolution
- Liberation Theory
- Religion isn't always a conservative force- can bring about social revolution
- Gramsci
- Hegemony
- Daly- Religion = misogyny and patriarchy
- Maduro (Neo Marxist)
- Feminist
- Religious organisations are mostly male dominated. Armstrong- women's exclusion from priesthood is evidence of marginalisation
- Religious laws and customs often give women fewer rights than men
- Woodhead
- Argues there are ways in which women use religion to gain freedom and respect
- Marx
Comments
No comments have yet been made