Religion and social change
- Religion as a conservative force
- defends traditional
customs maintains things
as they are
- opposes changes to laws
about marriage, divorce and
abortion
- preserving things as they are
- preserving things as they are
- Maintains social
stability and prevents
disintegration
- legitimises the
inequalities that exist in a
capitalist society
- legitimates the inequality
that exists in the home
(patriarchy)
- legitimises the
inequalities that exist in a
capitalist society
- defends traditional
customs maintains things
as they are
- Weber: religion as a force for change
- The 'sprit of capitalism' argues that
religion brought about major social
change
- modern capitalism is based on
the systematic, efficient and
rational pursuit of profit
- modern capitalism is based on
the systematic, efficient and
rational pursuit of profit
- calvinist beliefs
- Predestination
- Divine
transcendence
- Asceticism
- the call to serve
god in everyday
life
- worked long hours,
shunned luxuries
and had rigorous self
discipline
- lead them to accumulate wealth,
they attributed this to god
- lead them to accumulate wealth,
they attributed this to god
- Predestination
- Hinduism and
confucanism
- hinduism
directed
followers to
the spiritual
world, it was
'other worldly'
- Confucanism directed
followers to the material
world
- hinduism
directed
followers to
the spiritual
world, it was
'other worldly'
- The 'sprit of capitalism' argues that
religion brought about major social
change
- religion and social protest
- American civil rights movement
- led by MLK
- could draw on
religion for
motivation and
legitimation
- Took the moral
high ground,
pointed out
hypocrisy
- mobilised public opinions
- led by MLK
- new christian right
- aimed to make abortions,
homosexuality and
diverse illegal
- believes in
traditional
gender roles
- never and more
than 15% of the
populations
support
- aimed to make abortions,
homosexuality and
diverse illegal
- American civil rights movement
- Marxism, religion and change
- Bloch: principle
of hope
- religion has a dual character
- can inhibit
change
- but can inspire
protest and
rebellion
- images of utopia can
create visions of a better
world for people to strive
for
- images of utopia can
create visions of a better
world for people to strive
for
- but can inspire
protest and
rebellion
- can inhibit
change
- religion has a dual character
- Liberation
theology
- a movement that aims to
help the poor and oppose
military dictatorships
- helped to bring about
democracy in latin america
- helped to bring about
democracy in latin america
- a movement that aims to
help the poor and oppose
military dictatorships
- Millenarian movements
- the desire to change
things here and now
- total transformation on earth
by supernatural means
- appeal to the poor
because of instant
improvements
- total transformation on earth
by supernatural means
- the desire to change
things here and now
- Gramsci: religion and hegemony
- the ruling class produce a
hegemony that produces ideas
that enable them to remain in
control
- the working class can
sometimes see though
this hegemony and
rebel
- the ruling class produce a
hegemony that produces ideas
that enable them to remain in
control
- Bloch: principle
of hope
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