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Religion - Coggle Diagram
Religion
Theories of Religion
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Dame Mary Douglas - Purity a& Danger ( 1966) cultural ideas of "dirty" & "impure" influence religious beliefs ie. kosher diet
Totem & Taboo - Freud - religious belief provides rule/restriction - keeps antisocial instincts ie. oedipal complex suppressed - "totemic religions" regulate interaction w socially significant objects
Marvin Harris (1974) Cows, Pigs, Wars, Witches ; Hindu Religion sacred cow - religion is based in economic reality
Clifford Geertz - religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, & long lasting moods & motivation - way to enact or make visible important cultural ideas
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Malinowski - myth or origin not " idle tale, but hard worked active force"
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Collective Effervescence : a passion or energy that arises when groups of people share same thoughts and emotions
defining religion
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Sociologist Durkenheim - religion set of practices, and social institutions that brought community together "church"
Marcell Maus (1902) a general theory of magic - religion and magic are on opposite poles of spiritual belief
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