Sociology of religion

1. Summary

 Sociology of religion is the study of religious beliefs, practices and organizational forms using the tools and methods of discipline in sociology. This is distinguished from religious philosophy in that it is not intended to assess the validity of religious beliefs. According to Kevin J. Cristiano and others, "Marx was the product of Enlightenment that embraced the need to replace faith by reason and religion by science." The center of Marx's theory was the oppressive economic situation. Marx argued that religion appeases proletariat and dulls the sense of the pain of oppression. Emil Dirkheim means that he thinks studying society is cool and scientific, putting himself in empirical tradition, and religion is an expression of social cohesion, he argued. Durkheim's definition of religion is as follows: "Religion is a unified system of beliefs and customs that combines something sacred, something separate and forbidden, into a single moral community called a church." Weber argues that religious behavior should be understood in its own right.

2. Interesting

  It was interesting that religion was deeply involved in society, not just superstitious beings. As a person who had religion since birth when I was young, I had thought about why people believed in religion and its impact on life. This article once again made me think about it.

3. Discussion

If you have a religion, why do you believe in it?

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