SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Symbolic Interactionism, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, False Consciousness
15 Apr 2016
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Sociology does address (cid:0) are there any social factors that are associated w/ religiosity? (i. e. , age, urban vs. rural residence, region of country, level of education, gender, employment status) (cid:0) independent variables > age, community size, region, education, gender/paid. Employment (cid:0) dependent variables > service attendance monthly-plus, personal religious. Practices or spiritual activities monthly-plus, religious or spiritual beliefs. Conflict theory (cid:0) religion is a source of false consciousness for the working-class (i. e. african slaves) (cid:0) religious slaves are better slaves? (cid:0) religion provided a concrete support - literacy(bible), social support(community) Feminist theory (cid:0) questions reflecting gender such as how organized religion subordinates or empowers women. Measuring religiosity (cid:0) use to ask: (cid:0) what is your religion? (cid:0) do you belong to a congregation? (cid:0) how often do you attend religious services? (cid:0) what are the limitations of operationalizing religiosity in this way? (cid:0) (cid:0) Stark and glock (1968) (cid:0) dimensions of religiosity: (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0) (cid:0)
