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Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life

Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life. Role of Religion? To influence and reinforce societal integration by legitimating society’s values and norms. Natural must exist. Not always mysterious. Atheistic Religions Proscriptive Rituals Prescriptive Rituals. What Is Religion?.

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Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life

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  1. Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life Role of Religion? To influence and reinforce societal integration by legitimating society’s values and norms

  2. Natural must exist. Not always mysterious Atheistic Religions Proscriptive Rituals Prescriptive Rituals What Is Religion? RELIGION Supernatural Divinity The world of mystery, the unknowable, the incomprehensible Belief in someone on whom we must and can depend . . . GOD!

  3. SACRED PROFANE PROFANE PROFANE PROFANE BELIEFS RITUALS What Is Religion? RELIGION Religious Phenomena

  4. Science Magic Religion RelationshipBetween BELIEFS and RITUAL PRACTICES SACRED and PROFANE “Bounded groups that profess the sacred beliefs and practice the sacred rituals” CHURCHES

  5. Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life Definition of Religion? “A religion is a unified system of BELIEFS AND PRACTICES relative to SACRED things . . . which unite into one single moral community called a CHURCH all those who adhere to them.” (p. 44)

  6. Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life Functions Of Religion? Social Cohesion Social Control Provide Meaning And Purpose

  7. Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms Of Religious Life The Future Of Religion? The appearance of large and complex nation-states will cause a decline of religion and something else will take over religion’s role. EDUCATION

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