SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Individualism, Gallup (Company), Civil Religion
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Question about the truth about the religious premises. How should i act because i am devoted. Studies the conditions and effects of religious beliefs, symbols, practices, and organizational form. "sacred things are those which the (relgious) interdicitions protect and isolate; profane things, those to which these interdictions are applies and which must remain at a distance from the first" -( mile durkheim, the elementary forms of the religious. Sacred: very important objects, extraordinary, dedicated and made holy. Sociology: how it connects certain groups of people, very important for uniting. Industrialization of society + modernization of culture -> secularized societies. Religious authority loses its power because scientific evidence can answer many questions. We live in a society that values and respects other people"s beliefs. Religious powers are supposed to be one power. Less likely to turn to the supernatural world/powers. Are aware that global warming is a result of human intervention of nature.
