Conflict Theory On Death And Dying

Death and dying is a very broad subject, so I decided to narrow the subject down to death and dying with understanding the different culture backgrounds .Death and dying talks at the micro-level it's kind of challenging for us to think about concepts related to death and dying at anything less than an intimate level these are such serious conversations that we have that we tend to frame them in terms of our own individual feelings and attitudes and beliefs and however there are some theoretical advances with regard to the other major sociological theories . I will be talking about Functional Theory, Conflict theory and Symbolic Theory and how they show the intersectionality of culture and religion. The Functional Theory of death and dying …show more content…
One of the biggest problems that elderly people face with regard to living in poverty and another macro-level fact the older you get the harder it is for you to get a good job and your career field so should you get displaced for example a recession or depression and you lose your job you get laid off if your elderly and you have to go back out into the workforce regardless of the experience you bring to the job it's going to be harder for you to get a good job in your career field then it will be for someone fresh out of college right into the job …show more content…
In Japan Shintoism has coexisted peacefully with Buddhism in Japan since the latter’s arrival in the sixth century. There are no afterlife myths associated with Shintoism funeral and death rituals in Japan are Buddhist in nature. God in an environment free from suffering and sin and Hell a place for unbelievers and sinners are punished so the duration and form of this punishment difference between denominations unlike most other religions Judaism does not elaborate fully on the afterlife is rather focus on the actions that a follower must take upon his or her Earthly life in other words to fulfill his or her duty to God heating up food feeling one's duties brings about reward feeling at one's duties brings about punishment but in the end it is unclear whether anything happens after death Judaism preaches that there are two forms of afterlife including reincarnation and Nirvana reincarnation occurs following the death of a follower it consistently follower being reborn into another body Nirvana on the other hand there's only two Buddha’s in other words those who have reached Enlightenment Nirvana represents the end of the cycle of death and rebirth it is therefore for seen as the end of suffering Nirvana also needs to extinguish Hindus believe that they are born into the gods of various units their purpose on Earth is to repay his karmic debts but that's our debt to the gods for their blessing paid by rituals and offerings that the parents and teachers paid by