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- Define religion
- An institutionalized system of symbols, beliefs, values and practices by which a group of people interprets and responds to what they feel is sacred and that provides answers to questions of ultimate meaning.
- Define sacred
- Is set apart from ordinary activity, seen as holy, and protected by special rites and rituals.
- Define profane
- Is of the everyday world and is specifically not religious.
- Define proscription
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Is a contraint imposed by external forces.
Eg. Catholic churches say that living with a sexual partner outside of marriage as sinful. - Define secular beliefs
- The ordinary beliefs of daily life that are specifically not religious
- Define monotheism
- A worship of a single God.
- Define Polytheism
- The worship of more than on deity.
- Define patriarchal religions
- The beliefs and practices of the religion are based on male power and authority. Christianity is a patriarchal religion.
- Durkeim's view on religion relating to society
- Believed religion to be functional because it reaffirms the social bonds that people have with each other.
- Define collective consiousness
- The body of beliefs that are common to a community or society and that give people a sense of belonging.