Outline and evaluate the view that the role of religion in society is to promote stability and consensus? The title is arguing clearly form a functionalist perspective on religion. Religion is a secondary agent of socialisation‚ it plays a major part in many people’s lives‚ even though we may not be as religious as we used to be‚ religion still features strongly in our word as many of our laws and moral codes‚ which are targeted at maintaining a stable society stem from the bible. Such as ‘thou
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with the belief that the institutions and organic analogy is what keeps the society in agreement and working properly. Religion plays a big part in the family and society; if a family is religious this will be taught to the new members of family‚ the family may choose to send a child to a religious school‚ which is the family teaching the child the role of religion due to there choice. Law is also an agent of the family’s role‚ the family all have to abide by certain rules there for the offspring and
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agree that religion causes change within society. This is because they believe that religion acts as a conservative force within society. A conservative force means that religion prevents change within modern society. On the other hand feminists believe that religion does not act as a conservative force as it has helped to bring some changes within modern society‚ for example equal rights for women. Weber believes that religion is the force for change within society. Although these views are all ’out
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Outline and evaluate Functionalist views of the role of the family in society. [33 marks] Functionalism is a structuralist theory; this meaning that it sees social structure (the social organisation of society) as more important than individuals. Functionalist sociologists believe that people have a range of basic needs that must be met if society is to run smoothly. Different groups and individuals in society are important because they perform certain functions which meet society’s needs. Functionalism
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Asses Feminist views on the role of families and households in today’s society. There are different types of feminism including: Marxist Feminists‚ Radical Feminists‚ Liberal Feminists and Difference Feminists. They do not all share the same views on families. Not all of these Feminists still remain extremely relevant today as women are still the subject to domestic violence and sexual assault is a huge problem. Most people agree that the most obvious problems that feminists want to solve are
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Outline and evaluate Functionalist views of the role of the family in society. (33 marks) Functionalist macro theory looks at the society as a whole‚ and analyses how it fits together. Functionalist view of the role of the family in society is that it maintains social order‚ and it’s a tool for socialisation and a key social institution in sustaining the value consensus‚ which is harmony in the society as well as social solidarity. Functionalists focus on the positive functions of the family such
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A Feminist View of “Everyday Use” Tracy Huffman ENG1002 January 22‚ 2011 South University In Alice Walker’s Everyday Use‚ Walker focuses on the mother‚ the narrator‚ and her two daughters‚ Dee and Maggie. The two girls are very different in personalities and identities. They both have different views of their heritage. I think it was clever of Alice Walker using the quilts to show how each girl felt about their heritage. Walker did a fantastic job at describing the mother. The mother
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Roles and functions of radio in society Radio is an electronic medium of audio communication Functions and roles Information .Through news‚ talk shows‚ adverts and other programmes‚ radio creates awareness in society of what is happening within and outside agiven the society. For example focus on Africa programme on BBC world service radio. Education. Through the documentaries‚ drama and quiz shows aired onradio. Society members are able to draw lessons. Look at instance of playson Hiv/Aids‚ agriculture
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Gender Role Stereotypes in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” The purpose of this work is to analyse how gender role stereotypes are portrayed in the plays: “Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”‚ both written by Tennessee Williams in 1947 and 1955 correspondently. First of all‚ I will define gender role stereotyping and identify some traditional gender role stereotypes. Then‚ I will share the author’s biography in connection to the topic. Last but not
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Studies of Religion 1. What are the functions of religion? 2. Is it possible to be religious and accept the teachings of modern science? Based upon my opinion and research I believe that it is not possible to be religious and at the same time‚ accept the teachings of modern science. As explained in the two questions below‚ the idea of a religion is to seek the answer to the meaning of life‚ and after death‚ live in an eternity with their God. Many religions outline the beginning of the world
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