{"id":271,"date":"2016-05-20T18:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T18:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontosociology-waymaker\/?post_type=chapter&p=271"},"modified":"2024-04-25T15:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T15:42:28","slug":"introduction-to-sociological-views-on-religion","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/chapter\/introduction-to-sociological-views-on-religion\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Sociological Views on Religion","rendered":"Introduction to Sociological Views on Religion"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: identify and explain how major sociological perspectives view religion<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_6016\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"591\"]\"A Figure 1<\/strong>. A woman administers communion, a religious ceremony, dispensing wine and bread to a line of congregants. (Photo courtesy of Alex Proimos\/Wikimedia Commons)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nReligion describes the beliefs, values, and practices related to sacred or spiritual concerns. It\u00a0is a social institution, because it serves\u00a0societal needs, including a sense of community. Religion is also an example of a cultural universal, because it is found in all societies in one form or another. Functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism all provide valuable ways for sociologists to understand religion.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: identify and explain how major sociological perspectives view religion<\/h2>\n
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Figure 1<\/strong>. A woman administers communion, a religious ceremony, dispensing wine and bread to a line of congregants. (Photo courtesy of Alex Proimos\/Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Religion describes the beliefs, values, and practices related to sacred or spiritual concerns. It\u00a0is a social institution, because it serves\u00a0societal needs, including a sense of community. Religion is also an example of a cultural universal, because it is found in all societies in one form or another. Functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism all provide valuable ways for sociologists to understand religion.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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