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Religion Vs Science
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- 1IntroRELIGION: a set of beliefs that are shared by a group of people. Try to use evidence to support their faith
SCIENCE: Uses evidence and tries to draw conclusions from facts.
IDEOLOGY: a set of standards that are followed by people, government, and/or other groups that is considered the "norm".
Science and Religion have not always been opposed
Science arose from religion, not in opposition to it-need for truth(Nietzsche)
Therefore - 2Historical view (Before Enlightenment)Religion is the oldest ideology and ;regime of truth' Foucault (Durkheim-Aborigines)
Science was less dominant
People believed in the msytical
Religion was the regime of truth until the 17th Century. - 3Historical view (After Enlightenment)Science and reason began to challenge religion
Facts become more difficult to ignore and easier to trust (Creationism V Evolution) - 4Contemporary view (Where is religion dominant?)Monolithic societies (Italy etc)
Parsons: their norms and values and cultural system are based on Catholicism
E.g. Views and Laws on Abortion, Homosexuality etc - 5Does the ideology benefit everyone equally?Bruce: People see religion as outdated
Abbot and Wallace: Religion is a product of patriarchy and benefits men
Mirza- Fundamentalism and Cultural defense - 6Where is religion not dominant?In Pluralistic societies
Bruce: Disengagement and secularisation
Weber: Disnechantment and rationalisation-science provides answers
In some places Political Ideology is Dominant(North Korea) - 7Was religion ever dominant?In Modern USA religion is not part of the constitution
The state and religion are separate
Freedom to choose ideology
USA is dominant in Scientific research - 8PostmodernistsLyotard: Religion, Science and Ideology are allmetanarratives, claiming monopoly on truths
Postmodernists: Such metanarratives are now just stories that are equally as valid. They are all ideologies that express different beliefs
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- Flashcards to revise the religion vs science debate in order to be able to answer a long question on it in the aqa sociology unit 3 belief exam
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