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\nAsk a hundred people what they think religion is and you'll probably get a hundred different answers. However, to study religion we have bring together more general ideas about what religion is and what it does. This film, with Professor...\nAsk a hundred people what they think religion is and you'll probably get a hundred different answers. However, to study religion we have bring together more general ideas about what religion is and what it does. This film, with Professor Eileen Barker of the London School of Economics, explains an illustrates the two dominant sociological approaches to religion: substantive (or exclusive) and functional (or exclusive). A great introduction for students new to the topic. \n
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5:21
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Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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2018
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English
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cohesion, power, identity, values, behavior, terms, world religions, society, ceremonies, magic, christianity
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higher, ", form, "sociology, exclusive, question, taylor, sense, sacred, called, content, people, substantive, ideas, expected, individual level, common, functional, a-level, social control, paganism, beliefs, confined, forms, religions, ways, social integration, sorts, witchcraft, belief, religious, profane, the other, inclusive, durkheim, dysfunction, barker, fundamentalism, special, thing religion, substantive approaches, world
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