Topic 1 Functionalist terminology

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A definition that analyses how each member of society defines religion
Social Constructionist
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What theorists think that religion allows people to share the same value consensus?
Functionalist
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Which theorists believe that religion legitimates inequality?
Marxist
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Which theorists believe that religion legitimates patriarchy?
Feminist
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What legitimates patriarchy by including female stereotypes and being written by men?
Sacred Texts
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Who says that religion is the opium of the people?
Marx
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What does Lenin call religion when defining it as an ideology that keeps the working class in their place?
Spiritual Gin
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Who says that Durkheim's ideas cannot be applied to modern society?
Mestrovic
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What does Bellah call loyalty to the state through rituals such as pledges?
Civil Religion
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Durkheim says religion provided humans with the first categories of space, time and causation. What does he call this function?
Cognitive
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What do regualr shared religious rituals reinforce?
Collective conscience
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Who says that evangelical groups that preach that men should respect women is an example of religious feminism?
Woodhead
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What positive function of religion do Marxists ignore? The fact it can be a ....
Force for change
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Who argues that religions used to place women at the centres and worship their fertility?
Armstrong
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What is an example of religion being a source of conflict?
Ireland
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What is another example of civil religion?
Nazism
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What example does Woodhead give to show that religion can empower women?
Hijab
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