Assignments 1
SOC 100
Intro to Sociology
Abstract
Research article that I choose is Sociology of Religion. For me this research is something very interesting. With this article I learn what is connection between sociology and religion. In article Soul of China I found many interesting information so I decided to write my assignments based on this article. Author of this paper has personal experience with situation in China witch is for me more convincing.
After I found an article that caught my attention, I decided to write my assignment based on this document. This text is about the country that has a different sociological structure then the sociological structure what we have in the U.S. and the whole Western world. From this text we could learn a lot about how China and the Chinese people look at religion at the present time. One interesting aspect is to see how fast the Chinese social structure changes. The information that is very interesting is when a Chinese girl tries to explain that today's world has changed a lot and that her parents do not realize that and they are still thinking in some stream cliché. The girl is also a little skeptical about what is happening in today's social environment. Since I've lived in China for two years and I was a witness to …show more content…
The author compares Karl Marks with God and Mao Zedong with Jesus Christ. In addition, the Promised Land was told to be equal to the promised prosperity in a communist version. This shows how people in communist countries view their leaders, which is similar how Christians view Jesus. The additional information that is not in this text is how North Korea’s time is measured from the day when their first communist leader was born which is similar to how Christians measure the time from the day when Jesus Christ was