SOC 1100 Lecture 1: Sociology Tutorial # 1

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

The reading that i have chose to analyze is, does science threaten religion? which emphasises on the controversial topic of the scientific vs. the religious aspect of life. The relationship between science and religion are closely linked to each other, but also fundamentally different perspectives. Does science threaten religion falls under the symbolic-interaction approach that theorizes that the framework for society is the outcome of everyday interaction of individuals. Society places values, meanings to our surroundings, to logically function. For example, the reading states that, earth stood motionless at the centre of the universe was what the roman catholic church believed which shows that individuals place values to their environment, to create their own shared reality. Religion is an underlining value, that denotes a certain perspective of beliefs, that is up to interpretations and binds individuals with shared beliefs together. Science is a systematic methodology that focuses on the discovery of the.