W5.2 April 5 kimMinJeong(김민정)

 1. Summary


I have read some resources that explain religious sociology. Religious sociology is the study of the beliefs, practices, and organizational forms of religion using tools and methods in the field of sociology. These objective surveys may include the use of both quantitative methods (questionnaires, polls, demographics and census analysis) and qualitative approaches (participant observation, interviews, archival, historical and archival data analysis).


2. What I learned


The essence of Marx's argument is that humans are best guided by reason. Marx argued that religion is essentially a serious impediment to reason, which obscures the truth and misleads followers. Durkheim took a keen interest in the issue of uniting complex modern societies and argued that religion was an expression of social cohesion. Religion is realistic for Durkheim. To him, it is an expression of religious society itself, and there is no society that actually does not have religion. Weber argues that religious behavior must be understood by itself. Religious groups or individuals are affected in all sorts, but if they claim to act in the name of religion, he says, they should first try to understand their point of view from a religious point of view.


3. Question


Some religious sociologists explore the theoretical analysis of the sociological dimensions of religion. The nature of religious commitment consists of five dimensional variables: beliefs, knowledge, experience, practice (sometimes subdivided into private and public consciousness) and consequences.


So what of the five dimensional variables does pseudo-religion lack to be considered a complete religion?

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  1. An soyulApril 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM

    Pseudo-religions may exhibit some elements of religious-like behavior or belief systems, but they lack the comprehensive dimensions that characterize complete religions. These dimensions include well-defined beliefs and practices, formal organizational structures, social cohesion, historical and cultural context, and a sense of the sacred and transcendence.





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  2. KIM SOLHWIApril 5, 2024 at 12:03 AM

    I believe that a healthy belief is necessary in order for a cult to be regarded as a complete religion. People who share certain beliefs come together to form a group, even if it is a pseudo-religion. If a belief shared by people in a group is a healthy belief, it will be a complete religion without problems, and even if there are many people sharing it, it will be recognized as a pseudo-religion if it is not a healthy belief.

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