things that have special meaning and significance, treated with respect, e.g. religious symbols, books etc.
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Profane
things that have no special significance, the everyday
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Intergration
process of developing a society in which all the social groups share cultural life.
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Collective Conscience
DURKHEIM- shared morality of a society
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Anomie
DURKHEIM- state of moral confusion resulting in the absence of the norms and values that bind society
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Value Consensus
PARSONS- the general agreement in society about right and wrong
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Structural Differentation
the development of a complex social structure with new institutions carrying out specialist tasks
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Ideology
A distorted set of beliefs that favors the interests of a particular social group
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Opium of the People
KARL MARX- religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness, religion provides false consciousness
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Liberation Theology
the church sides with the poor in an attempt to overcome their poverty
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Patriachy
'rule by the father'- men having more power than women in femanism
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Conservative Force
prevents change and supports traditional beliefs and values
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Protestant Ethic
WEBER- by working hard they are doing gods will and fulfilling their calling
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Spirit of Capitalism
WEBER- the disire to reinvest profits, and create more profits in the future- do not spend money on personal consumption
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Church
a large religious organisation, traditionally claiming monopoly of religious truth, it is tied to the state, and tries to be universal
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Sect
small religious organisation, hostile to the wider society, sometimes seen as groups breaking away from existing religions
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Denomination
medium sized, that has broken away from a larger church, respectable but has no state ties, e.g. methodism
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World Accomodating NRM's
take their religious beliefs seriously, but carry on with their normal lives in society when they are not practicing their religion
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World Affirming NRM's
Religious/Spiritual- members use what they learn from the groups to enhance their lives in mainstream society
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World Rejecting NRM's
members turn away from their life within mainstream society and adopt the norms and values of the group behaviour
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Marginal
on the fringes of society with little stake or power
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Modernisation
the process of becoming more modern
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Rationalisation
the process of becoming more rational
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Secularisation
the process of religion declining over time, belief and participation/the role of religion
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Disengagement
the withdrawal of the church from a wider society
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Differentiation
a reduction in the significance of differences / the blurring of boundaries
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Disenchantment
WEBER- the modern world losing religious faith and belief in the supernatural and magic
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Cultural Defence
using religion as a way of protecting identity in a hostile type environment
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Cultural Transition
religion helping to cope with migration
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Fundamentalism
religious beliefs that claim to go back to the fundamentals of religion, claim other religious explanations have become distorted/watered down
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New Age
belief systems with a spiritual element, they are not organised in traditional ways, allow freedom of a combination of beliefs, e.g. the supernatural. ways to achieve spiritual fulfillment
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Postmodernism
the theory that says that scientific rationality has lost its central inportance, peoples identities become more fluid
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
things that have no special significance, the everyday
Back
Profane
Card 3
Front
process of developing a society in which all the social groups share cultural life.
Back
Card 4
Front
DURKHEIM- shared morality of a society
Back
Card 5
Front
DURKHEIM- state of moral confusion resulting in the absence of the norms and values that bind society
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