Religion and social change

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  • Created on: 10-06-17 20:45
Collective conscience
Set of moral codes, beliefs and values
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religion as a conservative force
It inhibits change within society and maintains the status quo
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predestination
God determines who will be saved and nothing can change this
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divine transcendence
God is so far above this world no human could possibly know his will
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Asceticism
severe self discipline and avoiding all forms of luxury
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Relative autonomy
Relative autonomy perspective assumes that the state can and does play a limited independent role in the maintenance and stabilitisation of capitalist society
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hegemony
The ideological control the ruling class have over the masses
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principle of hope
dreams of a better life
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Liberation theology
a movement which emerged by roman catholics in Latin America to address poverty and social injustice
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millenarian movement
To change things and bring about the kingdom of god on earth
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It inhibits change within society and maintains the status quo

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religion as a conservative force

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God determines who will be saved and nothing can change this

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God is so far above this world no human could possibly know his will

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severe self discipline and avoiding all forms of luxury

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