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SOCIOLOGY AND RELIGON
1. Durkheim’s perception of totemism
Durkheim argies that the totem is the representation of thre most simplest form of
religion. The totemic object is connected with the members of the clan not only as an aspect of
divinity but also linked as an aspect of their membership. The argument stands in favour of the
aboriginal communities who cannot connect with complex personifications of divine figures that
are referred to in our scriptures (Freud 2013). That is why, the community of aboriginals in
Africa, canada and other places as well, bestows divinity in totemic objects. I feel that there are
subtle communication between the totemic religion of the aboriginals and the aspects of the
complex global religions like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and so on. For evidence, the
figurative representation of the holy cross is considered divine and not the cross in itself.
Likewise, any piece of object that is bearing the figurative representation of the respective totem
of the clan is considered to be divine.
2. The main argument of Characters in Search of a Script
In the “Characters in Search of a Script, the main argument is the pledge to search a
means for the existence of the ultra-Orthodox Judaism members who leave their encapsulation in
to religious vows to search for an alternative (Huppert, Siev and Kushner 2007). The chapter
argies that it is is difficult to exist after being disaffiliated from the group. If we go on to believe
that we actually sustain in an ultra-orthodoial state, we cannot remain scriptless. Hence, the
world after leaving a strict religious community, the chapter argues that peope need another
ready made community where the people need to enter ifg they wish to express themselves as
humans (Greil and Davidman 2015). However, I disagree that the state of ready made religion.
The belief based on which they were able to disregrad their previous religious seting will give

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