Sociology
Lingo
Religion
Types
Religious
Organizations
Functions
of
Religion
Religion in
the U.S.
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SOCIOLOGY LINGO
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Belief in a god or gods.
SOCIOLOGY LINGO
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Anything considered worthy of
awe, respect, or reverence; part of
the supernatural world.
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A system of roles and norms
that is organized around the
sacred realm and binds people
together in social groups.
SOCIOLOGY LINGO
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Set patterns of behavior
through which groups of
religious believers experience the
sacred.
RELIGION TYPES
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Christianity and Judaism are
this type of religion because
they each worship a single god.
RELIGION TYPES
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A type of animism based on the belief
that one member of a social group has
the ability to communicate with spirits,
heal sickness, see the future, etc.
RELIGION TYPES
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Hinduism is an example of this
type of religion.
RELIGION TYPES
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This type of religion is not based on the
worship of a god or gods, but on moral
principles with the goal of reaching the
highest human
RELIGION ORGANIZATIONS
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These religious organizations are
often on the “fringes” of society,
tend to require total “buy in” by members,
and are often led by charismatic leaders.
RELIGION ORGANIZATIONS
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This religious organization makes up a
majority of a society’s population
(because people are usually members
from birth) and are often aligned with
the society’s political powers.
RELIGION ORGANIZATIONS
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Though well-established within a
society and its members make up a
large amount of its population,
this religious organization is not the
largest. It also is more accepting of other
religious groups and welcomes converts.
RELIGION ORGANIZATIONS
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A small religious organization that
usually has “split off” from a larger
group due to differences in beliefs.
They often are intolerant of other
faiths and hostile toward existing
power stuructures.
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
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Name the THREE sociological
functions of religion.
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
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Weddings, funerals/memorials,
christenings/baptisms,
disaster relief, counseling, etc.
are all examples of THIS
sociological function of religion.
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
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THIS sociological function of religion is
characterized by conformity to
society’s norms and values. For
example, the Amish society shuns a
member who chooses to remain in
the “outside world”after their Rumspringa.
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
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THIS sociological function of
religionstrengthens social bonds
through shared experiences such
as Catholic mass, or a religious
pilgrimage.
RELIGION IN THE U.S.
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The separation of Church and State
found in the 1st Am. of the
Constitution means that while we
have churches, the U.S. does not
have this.
RELIGION IN THE U.S.
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Name ONE of the five
characteristics of fundamentalism.
RELIGION IN THE U.S.
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At 51%, THIS religious group
makes up the majority of the U.S.
population.
RELIGION IN THE U.S.
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Sociologists have a difficult time
evaluating religion in societies because it
is hard to measure THIS, or the true depth
of a person or society’s religious feelings
and how it is shown in behavior.
POTPOURRI
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A belief system not based on the
worship of a god or gods, but on
the belief that spirits (animal,
plant, wind, etc.) influence
human life.
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POTPOURRI
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THIS theoretical perspective would
say that religion either inhibits
or encourages social change.
POTPOURRI
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This economist and philosopher
called religion the
“opium of the people.”
POTPOURRI
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Religions found in the societies of
the Pacific islands and Native
American tribes in the Pacific
Northwest are based on THIS type
of religion, where sacred objects
have supernatural powers and
connect humans and animals.