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Beliefs in society (Paper 2)
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1. Ideology, science and religion, including both Christian and non-Christian religious traditions
Science as a social construct.
 Issues in defining religion.
 Durkheim,
 Giddens,
 Berger
yes a a
Religion and science as belief systems and ideological influences.
 Bainbridge,
 Weber,
 Berger
yes r r
Different theoretical views on the role and function of religion,
 functionalist,
 Marxist
 Neo-Marxist,
 feminist and
 postmodernist.
 Durkheim,
 Parsons,
 Marx,
 El Sadaawi
yes a a
The relationship between social change and social stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisations
Sociological views on religion as a conservative force and, as a force for social
change, for stability or conflict.
 Durkheim,
 Marx,
 Weber
yes a a
The impact of social change on religious belief, practices and organisations.
 Wilson,
 Bruce,
 Wallis
yes r r
2. Religious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age
movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practice
Characteristics of different types of religious organisation.