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Mar 28, 2022 · The Concept of Religion. It is common today to take the concept religion as a taxon for sets of social practices, a category-concept whose paradigmatic examples are the so-called “world” religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. [1] Perhaps equally paradigmatic, though somewhat trickier to ...
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Sep 10, 2024 · religion, human beings’ relation to that which they regard as holy, sacred, absolute, spiritual, divine, or worthy of especial reverence. It is also commonly regarded as consisting of the way people deal with ultimate concerns about their lives and their fate after death. In many traditions, this relation and these concerns are expressed in ...
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Sep 19, 2018 · Having defined what religion is, Smith then turns to outline why people are religious, which is a long list. Humans are religious because religion provides community, identity, meaning, ecstasy, aesthetic enjoyment, social control, and emotional energy from worship and collective action. Without these secondary benefits, religion would not exist.
- Donald E Miller
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Learning Objectives. 15.1. The Sociological Approach to Religion. Explain the difference between substantial, functional, and family resemblance definitions of religion. Describe the four dimensions of religion: Belief, ritual, experience, and community. Understand classifications of religion, like animism, polytheism, monotheism, and atheism.
- William Little
- 2016
On the other hand, functional definitions define religion by what it does or how it functions in society. For example, Milton Yinger’s definition is: “Religion is a system of beliefs and practices by means of which a group struggles with the ultimate problems of human life” (Yinger, 1970, cited in Dawson and Thiessen, 2014).
15.2 Sociological Explanations of Religion. Many people think of religion as something individual because religious beliefs can be highly personal. For sociologists, religion is also a social institution. Social scientists recognize that religion exists as an organized and integrated set of beliefs, behaviours, and norms centred on basic social ...
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Sep 17, 2009 · Religious Traditions. In Canada the principal religion is Christianity. In the 1971 census, almost 90 per cent of the population identified as Christian. By the 2021 census, this percentage had dropped to 53.3 per cent. Meanwhile, 4.9 per cent of Canadians identified with Islam and 2.3 per cent were Hindus.
