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Chapter 12

• Education Religion

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Group Activity Instructions

• Students will divide into 6 groups

• Groups will have approximately 20 minutes to
  collectively generate a list of the top 6
  purposes that religion serves for society
• Lists will be prioritized (1 most important)
• One representative of the group will write the
  groups list on the board and explain their
  answers

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Education Religion in the Sociological Context
of the Life Cycle
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Religion
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• Religion
• symbols and rituals
• sacred or supernatural realm
• guides human behavior
• gives meaning to life
• unites believers into a community
• sacred aspects of life that are extraordinary or
  supernatural
• profane the everyday, worldly aspects of life
• rituals symbolic actions that represent
  religious meanings

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Categories of Religion

• Simple Supernaturalism
• supernatural forces affect peoples lives
• Animism
• natural worlds are endowed with spirits or life
  forces
• Theism
• A belief in a god or gods
• monotheism belief in a single, supreme being
• polytheism more than one god
• Transcendent Idealism (nontheistic)
• belief in sacred principles of thought and
  conduct

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Religion and Science

• Secularization
• decline in religious significance in society

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Functionalist Perspectiveson Religion

• Meaning and Purpose
• Social Cohesion/sense of belonging
• Social control/support for the government
• civil religion

Durkheim
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Conflict Perspectives on Religion

• Marx
• capitalist tool of domination
• opiate of the masses
• Weber
• Protestant work ethic ? modern day capitalism
• work to achieve salvation ? work to buy things

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Symbolic Interactionist Perspectiveson Religion

• Religion as reference group
• identity
• shared symbolic meanings
• His and Her Religions
• different for men than it is for women
• religious symbolism and language ? defines gender
  roles

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Types of Religious Organizations
Ecclesia
Church
Cult
Denomination
Denomination
Denomination
Sect
Sect
Sect
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Artistic Interpretations of Jesus
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Artistic Interpretations of Jesus
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Artistic Interpretations of Jesus
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Artistic Interpretations of Jesus
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Artistic Interpretations of Jesus
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Education
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• Education is a formally organized and rigid
  social institution responsible for the systematic
  transmission of

• knowledge
• skills
• cultural values

Requirements of a highly competitive job market
What values are learned in school? Think about
elementary school.
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Functionalist Perspective

• Latent functions are hidden, unstated, sometimes
  unintended
• Matchmaking/social networks
• Restricting some activities
• Creation of a generation gap

• Manifest functions are open, stated and intended
  goals
• Socialization
• Transmission of culture
• Social control
• Social placement
• Change and innovation

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Conflict Perspective

• Schools perpetuate class, racial-ethnic, and
  gender inequalities
• Cultural Capital
• Tracking
• Hidden Curriculum
• Gender bias

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Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

• Labeling Theory
• Self-fulfilling prophecy

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Problems in Education

• Unequal funding
• School violence
• Dropping out
• Racial segregation
• Class, race and social reproduction in Higher
  Ed.

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Questions?Comments?