What is Religion? 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyReligion and beliefsA2/A-levelNone Created by: MackenzieDeardenCreated on: 27-09-18 16:22 What is a belief? The views or convictions that people hold to be true but we do not know for certain Individuals have beliefs but also share collective values 1 of 16 What is an ideology? They view the world in a specific way and live their life in the way that they think it should be 2 of 16 What is atheism? The absence of a belief in god- it does not mean that an individual has no beliefs, so there are different forms 3 of 16 What is meant by religious? Something and/or someone that is considered to be spiritual, sacred 4 of 16 What does secular mean? Something and/or someone that is considered to be worldly, not sacred 5 of 16 What is a social construct? Something that is defined by society, that changes according to time and place 6 of 16 What is knowledge? Something that we have no doubts 7 of 16 What does falsifiable mean? can be proven/disproven 8 of 16 What does unfalsifiable mean? Can't be proven/disproven 9 of 16 What is religion a form of? A belief system 10 of 16 What does religion aim to explain the origins of? The natural world and human beings 11 of 16 What do sociologists try to explain? The origin of religions 12 of 16 What does Weber say? Every society throughout history has had some form of religious belief, by studying primitive cultures we can look into our past 13 of 16 What is animism? An early form of religion that sees humans, animals and plants as all having spirits or souls 14 of 16 What does Taylor state? That animism is the earliest and most basic type of religion 15 of 16 Why do sociologists say religion exists? To plug in the gaps of their empirical knowledge 16 of 16
Applying material from the item and elsewhere, evaluate the view that society is becoming more secular 0.0 / 5
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