SOCY 1000 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
23 May 2016
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Founders on religion: marx: opium of the masses. Screw up his efforts at leading workers to overcome false consciousness: weber: protestant ethic responsible (partly) for capitalism, durkheim: elementary forms of the religious life. Also role of religion in suicide: comte: started his own, himself as priest. What is religion: much debate over de nition. Components of religion (belief- sacred and profane: religious beliefs: interrelated ideas that explain the world and that identify what should be sacred. Components of religion (belief- models and reality: beliefs provide models of reality: Information and framework for interpreting world around us: beliefs provide models for reality:
