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RELIGION

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RELIGION
Characteristics of Religion
What are the functions of Religion?

1. Religion as an Integrative Force


2. Creating a Moral Community
3. Religion as a Social Control
4. Provides Rites of Passage
5. Religion as Emotional Support
6. Religion Serves a Means to Provide
Answers to Ultimate Questions
7. Religion as a Source of Identity
8. Legitimating Function of Religion
What are the functions of Religion?

9. Psychologizing Religion
10. Religion Acts as Psychotherapy
11. Religion as an Agent of Social Change
12. Religion as an Agent of De-politicization
13. Religion Controls Sexuality.
Differences between:

CHURCH

SECTS
CULTS
CHURCH

-tends to be the large, with inclusive


membership, in low tension with surrounding society.

-tends toward greater intellectual examination and


interpretation of the tenants of religion.
SECTS

-has a small, exclusive membership, high tension with


society.
-it tends toward the emotional, mystic, stress faith,
feeling, conversion experience, to be “born again”.

-fundamental, literal in teaching biblical passages


are the literal words of God-mean literally what
they say, people are to do what the passages say.
CULTS

-are referred to by Stark and Bainbridge(1985) as the


more innovative institutions and are formed when
people create new religious beliefs and practices.
7 ELEMENTS OF RELIGION

Beliefs. It is the sensation of brain we have beliefs in one God, Dooms day, Angels, Sacred
books, good and bad Luck, while Hindus believe in more than one God.

Religious Organization. Religion is an organization of beliefs, rituals and


emotions. No religion without organization can survive. Every religion has its own
structure and function and every individual performing his role is that organization.

Emotions. Emotions of hope, fear, reverence and humility are the products of
religious rituals. The individual performs religious rituals and attached with emotions.
These emotions have close contact with rituals and an individual avoid sins and bows
before Almighty Allah. Emotions are the feelings to show the reality of God.

Ritual & Ceremonies. All religions have their own ritual and ceremonies. These are
the emotional and ceremonial practices. In Islam, prayers to God, Ablution, fasting,
recitation of the Holy Quran are the religious rituals.
7 ELEMENTS OF RELIGION

Sacred Objects. It has its own sacred objects. For Hindus idols, temples, Cow, river of Ganga
and Jamna are sacred. For Christians the cross, Church, and Bible are the sacred objects while for
Muslims. The holy Quran, Mosque, Baithullah, Crescent are sacred objects.

Symbols. Symbols are the signs used for sacred objects or situation. Symbols give
meaning t human behavior. For example, when Muslims hear “Azan”, they show a
typical behavior and keep quiet. The Baithullah and Mosque are the symbols, of god
while prayer is the symbol of humility before God.

Sects. There are small groups within a religion called sects. Sects have their own
religious followers. In Christianity, there are Catholics, and protestants while is Islam
these sects are Shias, Sunnis, Ahle Hadith, Wahabies etc. Among them every one claims
to be true but one of them is on the path of righteousness which is the true religion Islam.

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