functionalism
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- functionalism
- Malinowski
- religion = psychological function
- religion relieves stress from life events
- funerals help them understand the situation
- Troibriand Islands
- fishing in calm safe lagoon = religion not important
- fishing in danger with no success = proceeded by rituals
- increases sense of control, reduces anxiety and unifies group
- Durkheim
- religion = unified system of beliefs & practices relative to sacred things
- sacred V. profane
- totem = sacred
- symbolises the group - worship it to worship themselves
- acts as a moral glue creating bonds giving shared identity, commitment and belonging
- also known as a collective conscience
- acts as a moral glue creating bonds giving shared identity, commitment and belonging
- symbolises the group - worship it to worship themselves
- minority ethnic
- religious beliefs and customs = cultural idientity
- traditions = cultural defence
- Parsons
- religion = source of meaning &legitimises core values of a culture
- answers 'eternal questions' e.g. why do people suffer?
- coping mechanism
- Civil Religion
- G.parsons
- civil religion in Uk only occasional
- bellah
- Americans unified by a civil religion
- faith in Americanism
- God and Americanism walk hand in hand
- pledge of allegiance is an example
- faith in Americanism
- Americans unified by a civil religion
- Beckford
- 'if we have a civil religion, its at best occasional - and at worst weak'
- G.parsons
- criticisms
- causes social change - MLK civil rights movement
- religion can be disruptive and dicisive - terrorism - Islamic fundamentalists
- religious pluralism - cant unify everyone as they all have different views
- people not religious anymore
- Durkheim's study = too small
- where did religion originate?
- Malinowski
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