Emile Durkheim's Symbolic Analysis Of Religion

The term Religion can be defined as a cultural system of behaviors and practices, which determines the order of existence. However, based on Emile Durkheim he gave an over view of the basic concept of what religion is. He stated that religion involves “things that surpass the limits of our knowledge”, which on the other hand defines most objects, events, or experiences as profane meaning “outside the temple”, which entails an ordinary element of daily life. Therefore, we consider some of the things scared. Sacred is somewhat set apart as an extraordinary, inspiring awe and reverence. Setting the sacred apart from the profane is the essence of all religious belief. Religion, then, is a social-institution involving beliefs and practices …show more content…
Under the Symbolic Interaction Analysis religions purpose is to give our lives meaning. For example, marriage being seen merely as a contract wouldn’t have any significance to either the bride or the groom, in other words, they could easily get a divorce and not feel any type of guilt or shame. By way of contrast, marriage is considered to Holy Matrimony, which is reason enough why Christians have a lower divorce rate as oppose to non …show more content…
Protestantism has much to do with Calvinism which was a movement within the Protestant Reformation and had to do with the Calvinists believing that individuals who portrayed material prosperity were seen as blessed by God and other who were experiencing financial hardship were rejected by Calvinists because they were believed to be cursed by God. Wealthy Calvinists would not spend money on personal wants, but instead reinvest profits in an effort to achieve greater success which paved the way for a rise in industrial