SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Protestant Reformation, Participant Observation, Orthodox Judaism
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System of beliefs and practices related to sacred things. Helps maintain order for smooth functioning of society. "a spiritual response to a condition of alienation" Liberation theology is not a fundamentalist religion that advocates biblical literalism. It brings together new testament teachings with critique and influence from marxism. Bringing heaven to earth, getting into heaven are examples of "ideal types" - deliberately simplified categories, used as analytical tools. Heaven, whatever one believes that happens in the after life. The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. Weber: the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. 15th century protestant reformation (reaction against the catholic church) Modernization leads to demystification and decline of religion. New organizations do what religion used to do (e. g. , schools, government, medicine) 46%: that god is very important in their lives. Religion is playing less of a role. Impact of religion is shifting the public sphere to the private sphere.
