Assess the sociological explanations of the relationship between globalisation and religion. 33 marks Secularisation theory has argued that modernisation has undermined religion. The importance of science and technology on economic development and rational worldview on which they depend on are seen as destroying the belief in supernatural. However religion can contribute to development‚ but most recently sociologists have examined what role religion may play in development in today’s globalising
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Michele Wills January 23‚ 2012 Final Draft Religion versus Relationship You love your children. You don’t force them to spend scheduled time paying homage to you. You wouldn’t require them to go through another family member to ask you for what they need. Basing your love for them on things they brought you‚ or their actions would be silly. Every day this is what many reduce the love of the Heavenly Father to. Daily‚
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separation between church and state which resulted in various conflicts. The state usually had more control than the Church which the clergy did the tolerate. Religious fervor continued to inflame European politics because each religious section of society wanted more control over the other. This could be done with wars that determined the amount of land and authority a state could occupy. Certainly‚ there was a changing relationship between politics and religion with both the French Wars of Religion and
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Religion and the Impact on Society Throughout history Functionalist‚ Conflict and Symbolic Interaction perspectives have had a major impact on the institution of religion. Each theory has a completely different outlook on society. People believe in different types of religion and most of the time their beliefs are based on their culture. Some individuals are looking to be accepted by society and others are influenced by their peers. Religious beliefs have a large impact on people based on
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in that particular religion or not dictates whether the story is real or not for you. Why do you think that myths persist in our modern society? What function do they serve? Although the existence of myths in our society today compared to those during the beginning days of the world differ; the presence of myths in our modern society still holds the sense of relevance in our modern day religious traditions. The reasons in which myths persist in our modern society‚ in my opinion‚ is
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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 shall
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Religion has affected the human in many ways; rules‚ traditions‚ culture patterns‚ morality‚ etc. The most powerful and important role that religion plays is that how it controls the human. I believe that religion has created conflicts between people including whole countries. Religion has the societal effect of dividing people into "us" and "them". This unfortunately has the same characteristics as any other form of discrimination‚ such a as racialism. Then‚ it would come very easy to consider "us"
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the Darwinian Theory has reimbursed the existence of all religions in major societies and has inevitably enforced relevance into the modern world. Religion is a set of beliefs imposed by the elders of society to implement the moral values necessary to preserve the society‚ which exploits a belief in the supernatural to administer “the rules.” In the modern day world‚ societies with religion are more likely to survive than those without religion because of the community‚ compassion‚ lack of anarchy or
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Religious teachings often begin with the ideals of finding inner peace‚ or aiding those in need‚ yet‚ over the centuries‚ these religions have merely become a means of facilitating the ambitions and desires of those who are in power. Many faiths disguise and warp themselves in a way that sets reality aback‚ and makes individual existence seem all the less valuable. Over millennia‚ scriptures have been modified countless times‚ becoming form-fitted duplicates that vary according to the era‚ or to
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Impacts of Religion on Society The Caribbean region has a diversity of religions. As various nations settled in the Caribbean over the years they brought along with them their religious beliefs and practices. The Europeans brought Christianity and its many denominations such as roman catholic‚ Anglicans‚ Baptist and so on. Indian indentured workers brought Hinduism and Islam and the Africans brought voodoo and other spiritual practices. Christianity is the most dominant of all religions in the Caribbean
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