Functionalist View Of Religion

Functionalist View Of Religion

1. Religious institutions take a part in creating social solidarity and value consensus.

2. Durkheim on Religion

   • THE SCARED AND THE PROFANE
   • TOTEMISM
   • THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE
   • CONGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
   • CRITICISMS
     • Evidence on totemism is unsound
     • Durkheim's claims may apply better to small-scale societies with a single religion.
     • Mestrovic: Durkheim’s ideas cannot be applied to contemporary society

3. Psychological Functions: Malinowski

4. Parsons: Values and Meaning

5. Bellah: Civil Religion