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- - - - -beleives that religion successfully maintain. gender inequality by tricking women into thinking they are equal to men in the eyes of their god and that they will be rewarded in the afterlife for hardship.
      - -However, he claims that women are exploited by religion as they are raised to worship a male god from an early age and therefore are unconsciously encouraged to see men as superior.
    - - -Focuses on the segregation that occurs in many religious places of worship, and in particular the way in which women are treated within the worship.
      - -In many male stream religions, women are seen as impure because they have periods. In Islam and other religions, women can be denied access to the place of worship if they are currently at that stage in their cycle.
- - - - -Very traditional
        -must have a god
        -it draws clean lines between religious and non-religious beliefs
        -Weber religion is above nature and cannot be explained scientifically
        -often perceived as western biased, as exclude religions like Buddhism which doesn't have a God
    - - -Defined in terms of what it does for society
        -Durkheim the contribution it makes to social integration (people of diversity forming social networks)
        -Yinger religion suggests it is about the meaning of life and what happens when we die
        -inclusive
        -Too simplistic, suggests institutions that gather people into groups are religions e.g. football matches
    - - -do not assume there is a God and don't think all religions have to function the same
        -argue it is not possible to produce one definition of the religions
        -more pm approach
        -makes it hard to generalise a view on religion