SOC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Spanish Inquisition, Planned Parenthood, Bourgeoisie
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Expressing the frustraion of the disenfranchised: underlying raionale may be to help the bourgeoisie maintain the upper hand. Ex: imperialism and missionary work were mixed together, someimes in very violent ways: followers are oten economically disenfranchised young males, leing their frustraions take on the face of religion. Funcion (durkheim): projecing cultural anger onto religion: people are using violence in the name of things that may really come from their own cultural values, use religion to endorse these values. Johnson: theology coated ethnocentrism: people believe their religion is the best one. Some aspects or religion and violence can be true of other groups: intolerance. Can lead to violence, but religion is not the only group that promotes intolerance. Ex: gang violence, poliical ailiaion, football, black friday, military: fanaicism. Religion can become fanaical, but is not the only group that uses violence to grow its fanaicism: readiness to kill for the cause , joiners have issues .
