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Religion from Social Theorists Perspectives

By on June 17, 2011

Religion – The Three main Social Theorists Perspectives outlined:
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Functionalist Perspective

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Conflict Perspective

·Ultimate meaning

·Emotional comfort

·Social solidarity

·Guidelines for everyday life

·Social control

·Adaptation

·Support for the government

·Social change

·Dysfunctions of religion

·Functional equivalents of religion

·Condensed way of communicating

·Symbols rituals

·Sense of community

·Beliefs

·Religious experiences

·Supports the status quo

·Reflection of social inequalities

·Legitimation of social inequalities

·Those that experience inequality: lower social classes, racial and ethnic minority groups, women, and homosexuals

·“Opium of the People” – Marx

·Stratification (hierarchal levels)

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