Religion
- Created by: rooodboii_001
- Created on: 10-05-14 15:24
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- Religion - secondary socialisation
- influence on attitudes and behaviour
- -> set of moral values -> rituals &ceremonies brings people together, promote social harmony and unity -> religions prescribe a moral code which guide our daily behaviour -> clear links with ethnic identity
- Theory
- Functionalists- (Durkheim) religion socialises societies members into value consensus by making key values sacred. these values then become strong moral codes
- Marxists - religion acts to socialise people into accepting their exploitation by the ruling classes. - provides religious justification for inequality.
- Traditional society to industrial society
- ->religious beliefs often form a central part of the culture of a society. ->religion provides an explanation& justification 4 everything experienced by people in the world around them ->creates a sense of unity& allows everyone to interpret reality in the same way -> becoming inc. hard for religion to perform this function in modern dust. soc.
- influence on attitudes and behaviour
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