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Marx's views of beliefs |
Social control- religion contributes to social control through ideology. religion acts as a social opium. it supports the status quo, dulls oppression and legitimises capitalist exploitation. Religion as the opium of the people- religious distress is at the same time the expression and protest of real distress. religion is the sign of the oppressed creature just as it id the spirit of an unspiritual situation. |
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Egnles' views of beliefs |
*Recognises the role od religion may play in the revolutionary change. * Early Christian sects who opposed roman rule were similar to socialist movements. *it could be seen as a form of resistance to oppression and for to change. |
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Althusser's views on beliefs |
Ideology state apparatus- religion controls us through ideologies. |