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6-8 pages, Sociology paper. How to socialize using religion. Read the guide very carefully, please no plagiarism at all!!! Please make sure to write without grammar errors, spelling errors, and so on.
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Running head: RELIGION OF SOCIOLOGY
Religion of Sociology
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Religion of Sociology
Introduction
When trying to understand the religion of sociology and how people come together
through dutiful practices, it is crucial for us to ask ourselves some questions. The first question
should aim at giving an answer to how people get to believe, act, conduct, behave and feel the
same things about a given religious affiliation or identity. Why do they strongly clinch on what
they believe in without a sign of ever believing in something different? It is also important to ask
ourselves questions about why people seem to be opposed but respectful to the beliefs of other
religious societies? While there exist various studies on this topic, the most apparent and
explanatory study which emerges to answer these and other questions is the study of religious
socialization, notes Cornwell (1988). In this study, the questions which seem to resurface is why
people in a society as religious and spiritually oriented. Additionally, the study of religious
socialization seeks to answer the question of why people should be as religious as they are.
Arguably, religion is one of the oldest societies in the history of the world , contests
Kelleyand De Graaf, 1997). With many sociologists and philosophers arguing that religion had
lost its significance in the community over the last century, it is crucial to note that religion is
still an active body which brings people together for spiritual fulfillment and sociological
reasons. Apparently, the importance and significance of a society in the contemporary society
cannot be overlooked. Religion in the current generation is more rejuvenated and active with the
members having high expectations from its existence. This paper seeks to elucidate on how
people socialize with each other using religion. In other words, the article will attempt to answer
how religion brings people together and creates communities using the available theories and
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literature on religious socialization. The last section of the paper will provide the inferences
based on the findings from the research.
Definition of Religion and Sociology
In an endeavor to understand how religion manages to bring people together, it is prudent
for us to understand the meaning of religion and sociology as two distinct elements in society but
which interrelate and interconnect to form strong social bonds. Different researchers and tru...