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Sociology of Religion

   

Added on  2019-09-30

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The sociology of religion is defined as the study of practices and beliefs which are done through the methods of the discipline of society. The objective is to analyze the documentary and historical materials through qualitative and quantitative methods. The modern academic sociology starts with religion analysis and societal research of foundational work which helps to distinct the sociology from other disciplines. The relationship between an economic and religion structure is emphasized by Max Weber and Karl Marx (Dew et al., 2014). The structural functionalism is the theory of socialism which provides the framework which shows the society as a complex system. All the factors work together to promote the stability and solidarity. The theory focuses on the large scale so that the whole society can be shaped and the society is evaluated as an organism. The study takes both the structural and social approach. The conflict theory acts as a perspective in sociology which emphasizes the inequality of social, material and political of a social group which is analyzed through ideological conservatism and structural functionalism. The theory emphasizes on the power differentials for example class conflicts in the society. The study is the macro level, and it is the component of four paradigms of society. The symbolic interactionism is defined as the sociological perspective which influences various areas of discipline. It is important in social psychology and micro sociology. The working of sociology has many topics which use a large number of research methods. The qualitative research is used in interactive research such as social interaction. The structural functionalism use qualitative and quantitative methods are used to analyze the religion. The level of analysis of structural functionalism theory is macro whereas the symbolic interactionism has a micro level of analysis and conflict theory has the macro level of analysis. The symbolic interactionism focuses on using the symbols and face to face interactions whereas the structural functionalism focuses on the relationship between the various parts of society and
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