Sociology of religion

religion, racial, cultural behaviors, and cultural thinking co-existing by acknowledging and hopefully respecting one another cultural differences. The United States is defiantly a multicultural nation; we are still working on being in harmony and accepting…

“Sociology as a Life or Death Issue” is a beautifully written article by Robert Brym (2012). He eloquently states that even though death is inevitable many are afraid to admit it. Brym recounts his childhood absence of death until the age of fifteen, at which point the deniability of death was introduced to him. He recalls a strong desire to understand why people lived if the only purpose they have is to die. This dark period of enlightenment caused Brym to seek answers from those closest to…

concepts. This review depicts their differences and what could be interpreted to be similar in scope of their works. As expressed by the authors Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis in their text, Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology, “…the classical ideas expressed in sociology did not have very much of Durkheim and Weber’s analyses or beliefs. As an example, Durkheim analyzed the effects of cosmic factors season, temperature, etc. – on suicide rates (though he dismissed their causal…

Browne, Ken. An Introduction to Sociology. Cambridge: Polity Press, 4th ed., 2011. Print. Browne provides an introduction to sociology that focuses on issues of the society without omitting the important and interesting insights that sociology can offer. Browne explains how sociology is unique as sociology focuses on social behaviour to explain major events that occur in a community or the world. He includes aspects such as crime, religion, state, institutions, races, social classes…

Emile Durkheim, also known as “The Metaphysician” by his peers, was the first French academic sociologist. Durkheim was born April 15, 1858 in Epinal, located in the eastern French province of Lorraine coming from a long line of a devout French Jewish family, as his father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather were all rabbis. Durkheim attended a rabbinical school at a young age, but soon realized that was not what he wanted to do. He chose to move schools and attended some of the most…

Émile Durkheim--born in 1858 and died in 1917. He was born in a small town, Épinal in France. His father was a rabbi and he was expected to become a rabbi himself. However, as many young adults do, he rebelled against the family traditions and chose not to follow the path towards becoming a rabbi, but to ultimately walk away from his faith in Judaism. In 1879, he was admitted to the École Normale Supérieure, which was a prominent school in it's time. He was for some time a professor at the…

overwhelming when in a troublesome relationship. Divorce was not widely accepted and people, especially women were frowned upon in the American society if they were divorced. Many people where in empty-shell marriages, defined by AS Level and A Level Sociology as, when a couple continues to live together, even though the marriage may be effectively over, for reasons other than love. In the United States prior 1950 divorce was not prominent in society. Around 42% of marriages end in divorce,…

have the ability to give more to society rather than just holding the occupation of a house wife. An easy example of this is in the field of Sociology, as feminist, Rhonda Reddock, referred to classical feminist, Ann Oakley, in the fourth chapter of the book, “The International Handbook of Sociology”, in which she made the statement, “Until recently sociology was to a large extent a predominantly male profession. The majority of our textbooks have been written by men and in many parts of the…

introduces two types of solidarity, mechanical and organic solidarity, in his book “Division of Labour” published 1984. Mechanical solidarity is one that is birthed in smaller and more conservative societies where the people feel a sort of kinship through religion and doing similar work. However, organic solidarity is one that is more applicable to modern societies we live in today. Organic solidarity is interdependence that the different industries have with each other. This is usually seen in…

. I am convinced that my view of religion has changed, but I still carry the love of God in my heart. I love my neighbor despite of their skin color, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, geographical background, and/or cultural beliefs. Also, I am open to learning about other religious beliefs and respecting them for what they are. This is the reason why I decided to attend Cal Lutheran for graduate school, even though my religion owns La Sierra University and Loma Linda University. By the…