Durkheim: The sacred and the profane

Durkheim: Totemism

Durkheim: the collective consciousness

Durkeim: cognitive functions of religion

Parsons: values and meaning

Malinowski: psychological functions of religion

Robert Bellah

Religion as ideology (marxism)

Religion and alienation (marxism)

Evidence of patriarchy (feminism)

Woodhead: religious feminism

Religion as a conservative force

Religion's conservative beliefs

Religion's conservative functions

Weber: religion as a force for change