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Running Heading: RELIGION

Religion

Janice Ketchum

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

Christine Henderson

May 21, 2012

Running Heading: RELIGION

Religion

Religious social institutions are made up of people that are put in groups based upon the

views in which they share. These views include the formation of earth and God’s nature. They do

not see science as an inspiration; instead they are guided by their faith and individual belief.

They are basically led by religion which is inspired by economic, political, social, and spiritual

views. Christians and Roman Catholics share the nature of bringing individuals in as one. They

use service of worship, ceremonies or rituals, and any additional spiritual action that involves

communication. The three sociological theories have a great deal of impacts on the religious

institution. Conflict, functionalism, and interactionism are the three sociological theories.

There are many diverse approaches of how people view religion. These dissimilar

opinions often generate problems. Throughout the world, people tend to have different outlooks

when it comes to beliefs and principles. According to functionalist, religion is an important part

of society (Vissing, 2011, sec. 4.6). This is because it assists in bringing people together that

share the same beliefs. Through religion, answers are being given, unexplainable things are being

explained, and purposes for life are being found. Individual behaviors are inspired by spiritual

learning and scripture. Interactionism is an impact because, for the most part, traditions and

religions have totems. Totems are anything serving as a distinctive, often venerated, emblem or

symbol often symbolizes ones religion[ CITATION Ran12 \l 1033 ]. For example, the cross would

be a totem for Christians. Religion has impacted the conflict theory because of the many

different religious variations which causes problems.

As we all may know, things like beliefs and worshippers are what make religions so

different from one another. On the other hand, functionalism and interactionism is what they

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Religion Janice Ketchum SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology Christine Henderson May 21, 2012 Religion Religious social institutions are made up of people that are put in groups based upon the views in which they share. These views include the formation of earth and God’s nature. They do not see science as an inspiration; instead they are guided by their faith and individual belief. They are basically led by religion which is inspired by economic, political, social, and spiritual views. Christians and Roman Catholics share the nature of bringing individuals in as one. They use service of worship, ceremonies or rituals, and any additional spiritual action that involves communication. The three sociological theories have a great deal of impacts on the religious institution. Conflict, functionalism, and interactionism are the three sociological theories. There are many diverse approaches of how people view religion. These dissimilar opinions often generate problems. Throughout the world, people tend to have different outlooks when it comes to beliefs and principles. According to functionalist, religion is an important part of society (Vissing, 2011, sec. 4.6). Thi ...
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