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Marxism and religion - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Divine right of kings
      - King has been chosen to lead, and is also head of Church of England
    - - Leach
      - 77% of Archbishops in the UK went to Oxbridge
      - Only 13% went to a state school
      - Promotes idea of 'blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth'
      - All privileged religious leaders
    - - Durkheim argues that instead of promoting ideology, religion promotes social cohesion and people worship society through totem, bringing them together
      - Rather than representing the interests of the ruling class, it represents the whole of society
  - - - Abrahamic religions
      - Poverty is a virtue and will lead to reward in the afterlife
      - Test from God
    - - Church profit
      - Donating money to the Church for a higher purpose
      - Zakat - 2.5% of savings
      - Taking money from individuals
      - We have false class consciousness - don't see exploitation from religion
    - - Feminists
      - Not proletariat exploitation, but patriarchy exploiting women
      - Women are seen as the second sex
  - - - 'The meek shall inherit the earth'
      - Poor shall be rewarded in the afterlife
      - Rastafarianism
      - Believe that there will be heaven on Earth
      - Zion / Judah (modern day Ethiopia)
      - Rastafarians lived a life of suffering due to slavery / exploitation
      - Heaven on earth - messiah comes to earth and ends their suffering
      - Leave a peaceful land for Rastafarians
    - - 62% of Church goers were M/C
      - W/C don't see religion as a supernatural compensator (38% go to Church)
      - So it is not seen as a supernatural compensator
      - BSA survey showed 73% of manual workers had never attended Church and don't use religion to help them
      - Polytheistic religions - some religions, like Buddhism, don't have supernatural compensation, but reincarnation and personal development instead
      - Norris and Inglehart conducted a study on existential security theory, and found that less secure countries are more likely to be religious (eg. Somalia)
    - - Different Christian denominations still reflect supernatural compensation
      - Methodism - promotes Ascetic lifestyle (living minimally)
      - Havely
      - Suffering on earth will lead to rewards in the afterlife
  - - - Yap
      - Filipino women moved to Hong Kong - caring profession for wealthy HK families
      - 'Packed up' religion with them as a comfort for alienation
    - - PEW data
      - W/C were more likely to join sects and denominations
      - Provides answers to what they don't understand
    - - Religion can have some relative autonomy from the ruling class and acts as a source of change
      - Religion is outside of the economic superstructure - not controlled by society's structures (education, work, family)
      - Religion can be a source of social change and benefit the W/C and gain dual consciousness and realise false class consciousness
      - Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist priest who promoted equality ('love thy neighbour')