What is the main point of the Conflict perspective on religion?

Some view religion as a ground for conflict.Others, promoting social change

What is simple supernaturalism?

Belief that supernatural forces affect peoples lives (Positive or negative)

religious group, broken away from another organization to renew its values

Functinalist main religous function?

Meaning/purpose, social cohesion, and social control.

what was the main point within Feminist perspective on religion?

Religion is seen favor male figures then females while having a patriarchy

What is the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

reference group for defining themselves; symbols of religion are strong

practices/teachings outside the dominant cultural and traditional society

Social institution with a unified system of beliefs, symbols, and rituals.

Plants, animals, or other elements of the natural world are endowed spirits

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What is the main point of the Conflict perspective on religion?
Some view religion as a ground for conflict.Others, promoting social change
See religion as an escape from conflict, others see it as starting conflict
Conflicts only take place within the religious groups
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What is simple supernaturalism?
believes that one god or supreme being is responsible for events
Plants, animals, or other elements of the natural world are endowed spirits
Belief that supernatural forces affect peoples lives (Positive or negative)
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what is a Sect
religious group, broken away from another organization to renew its values
A group of people with the same ethnicity follow the same set of guidelines
Plants, animals, or other elements of the natural world are endowed spirits
4
Functinalist main religous function?
Meaning/purpose, social cohesion, and social control.
self-love, historical backgrounds, and differences between people's beliefs
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what was the main point within Feminist perspective on religion?
females are seen often throughout religious symbols and rituals.
Primary sex in religion are female figures and has no patriarchy
Religion is seen favor male figures then females while having a patriarchy
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Ecclesia is Integration within a religion with the dominant culture that it claims to hold all members of society
True
False
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What is the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Religion is seen favor male figures then females while having a patriarchy
Belief that supernatural forces affect peoples lives (Positive or negative)
reference group for defining themselves; symbols of religion are strong
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What is a Cult
Belief that supernatural forces affect peoples lives (Positive or negative)
practices/teachings outside the dominant cultural and traditional society
A religious group that does a lot of bad things with intent of harm
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What is Religion?
Social institution with a unified system of beliefs, symbols, and rituals.
A group of people with the same ethnicity follow the same set of guidelines
is a social unit created by blood, marriage, or adoption.
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For most people religion answer the unknown questions of life.
False
True
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What is Animism?
Belief that supernatural forces affect peoples lives (Positive or negative)
Belief that supernatural forces affect peoples lives (Positive or negative)
Plants, animals, or other elements of the natural world are endowed spirits

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