It is important to understand how Durkheim connects all the processes and characteristics of religion to how religion is represented by the members of the group as a whole. The idea of self-belonging is the comforting factor which attends to the natural need of man. Through the rituals, the symbols, and the sacred it becomes evident that self-identification is reinsured at all times within a religion. If the self-identification is questioned by a member then they can refer back to one of the processes in order to reassure their belonging. Religion has the ability to create itself into any possible form of comfort. The flexibility and cohesiveness of religion makes the acceptance of practicing it more understandable, especially after interpreting Durkheim’s investigation that dates back to an ethnography on the beginnings of societies.
The most important part of religion is how it becomes reanimated and not forgotten by its members. Durkheim touches on the process of reanimation by mentioning “The common faith becomes reanimated quite naturally in the heart of this reconstituted group; it is born again because it finds those very …show more content…
Durkheim argues that humans are not animals nor should be compared to animals. Humans are smarter but specifically more spiritual and complex than animals. This sense of spirituality that we humans have is unlike any other species that exist. Durkheim sees this important spiritual need and argues that religion is what fulfills the need. Religion is what makes us different than other species. Throughout the self-identification process, that religion is, our need to become social is developed. Durkheim argues that humans need to have the social world in order to survive which is rooted back to the need for religion. The arguments that Durkheim discusses prove more to his point on the psychological complexity of
The most important part of religion is how it becomes reanimated and not forgotten by its members. Durkheim touches on the process of reanimation by mentioning “The common faith becomes reanimated quite naturally in the heart of this reconstituted group; it is born again because it finds those very …show more content…
Durkheim argues that humans are not animals nor should be compared to animals. Humans are smarter but specifically more spiritual and complex than animals. This sense of spirituality that we humans have is unlike any other species that exist. Durkheim sees this important spiritual need and argues that religion is what fulfills the need. Religion is what makes us different than other species. Throughout the self-identification process, that religion is, our need to become social is developed. Durkheim argues that humans need to have the social world in order to survive which is rooted back to the need for religion. The arguments that Durkheim discusses prove more to his point on the psychological complexity of