The functionalist view of religion
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- The functionalist view of religion
- Durkhiem
- Totemism
- a spiritual belief system among the aborigine people of Arunta that treat the totem as sacred
- function of religion
- remind people of their dependence, duties and obligations
- strengthen collective conscience and social solidarity
- intergration (sense of belonging)
- function of religion
- totem- an animal/ plant viewed as sacred that is a symbolic representation of the clan
- simplest form of religion
- a spiritual belief system among the aborigine people of Arunta that treat the totem as sacred
- Wesley- not accurate, shared totem
- not representative of large scale societies. no single shared value system
- Totemism
- parsons
- individual: mechanism of adjustment. society: social control
- crisis 1- hit with events they cannot foresee
- crisis 2- uncertainty
- mechanism of adjustment- provides explanation to people during crisis and meaning and gets them back on track
- relevant today, not in non western
- malinowski
- trobiand islands
- task is difficult, outcome important: ease tension, social solidarity
- group: social solidarity
- time of crises: psychological comfort, explanation
- individual: psychologyical comfort
- lagoon fishing: safe. ocean fishing: dangerous
- comfort relevant today, not ethnocentric
- Robert bellah
- civil religin
- functional alternative to tradition, we have it without knowing, exsists in many societies, important
- civic pride, worship way of life, unites and intergrates people
- Uk- symbols- poppies, big ben. ceremonies- diamond jubilee, weddings. heroes- Churchill quenn
- shows how multi faith societies can still have over arching belef system shared by all, binds peoples
- too inclusive, not a belief in the supernatural
- USA- thanksgiving, the flag, independence day
- civil religin
- society becoming secular and mulit faith
- Durkhiem
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