SOCIOL M153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Filial Piety, Jade Emperor, Ningxia
Document Summary
5/1 m: religion as a sociological phenomenon. The social functions of religion: 3 rs: refugee, respect, and resources. Refugee: avoiding the danger of anomie (normless) durkheim ((when coming to a new society, religious institution would be the most friendly institutions for immigrants, e. g. , catholic church for immigrants even for those who are not. Enabling people to accept the inevitable and unacceptable. Providing strength and psychological support in the face of adversity: stability: maintaining the existing social order. Interpreting the existing social order as ordained by god or super-natural beings. May mask the fact that all societies are created by people and are subject to human control: social function of religion, major religions in china, world religions: Islam: 21% (indonesia, ningxia and in china) Buddhism: 6% (east and southeast asia: india, thailand ) Non-religious: 16: 2007 survey of adults in urban china.
