Aboriginal study: sacred worship of totems was equivalent to worshipping society itself
Durkheim
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religion provides basic categories such as time, space and causation
Mauss 2009
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idea of Civil Religion: when secular symbols and rituals create social cohesion in a similar way to religion
Bellah 1967
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religion is exploitative and oppressive towards women, religion promotes the idea that if women suffer in their present lives, then they'll receive equality in heaven which allows women to put up with being treated as inferior to men
de Beauvoir 1953
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early religions often placed women at the centre such as fertility cults and female priesthoods 6,000 years ago
Armstrong 1993
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religion may be used to oppress women but it is not the direct cause of their subordination, it is the result of patriarchal forms of society coming into existence in the last few thousand years
Nawal El Saadawi 1980
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piety movements are conservative movements that support traditional teachings about women's role, modest dress, prayer and Bible study. inclusive of Pentecostal and evangelical groups and even some non-Christian religions
Rinaldo 2010
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religion is one of the things that keeps the working class in a state of false consciousness, the "opium of the people"
Marx
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Calvinism introduces 2 important things to social change: predestination (life predetermined by God) and ascetic ideal (working hard in your job as a solution to predestination)
Weber
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capitalism occured in Catholic countries before the Protestant Reformation happened and before the publication of Calvins ideas
Eisenstadt 1967
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clash of civilizations theory: conflicts are caused by different cultures and religious beliefs
Huntington 1993
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3 types of new religious movements: 1) world-rejecting movements, 2) world-affirming movements, 3) world-accommodating movements
Wallis 1984
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churches have 4 main features: 1) a claim over a monopoly of truth, 2) complex rigid hierarchy, 3) close relationship to the state, 4) integration into mainstream society
Troelstch 1912
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today's churches have religious pluralism
Bruce 1995
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New Age followers focus on "self-spirituality" and development of self
Heelas 1996
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three themes to New Age movements: 1) New Sciences rejects traditional science, 2) New Ecology is concern for the environment, 3) New Psychology sees the self as sacred
Bruce 1995
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religion provides basic categories such as time, space and causation
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Mauss 2009
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idea of Civil Religion: when secular symbols and rituals create social cohesion in a similar way to religion
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religion is exploitative and oppressive towards women, religion promotes the idea that if women suffer in their present lives, then they'll receive equality in heaven which allows women to put up with being treated as inferior to men
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early religions often placed women at the centre such as fertility cults and female priesthoods 6,000 years ago
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