Modern Social Theories
Society can be understood according to the needs they fulfill and so they help maintain social equilibrium.
A state with no official religion.
This was a way of trying to piece together the logic of stories that otherwise seem mysterious and chaotic.
What is Nonmonastic?
They believed calvinism provided a complete world view and would favor capitalism.
"To what extent is religion a reflection of what goes on in the structures of society and to what extent does it bring these structures about"
OR (in simpler words)
What effect does religion have, or is it an effect itself?
A superior ethic in which a community uncontaminated the world seeks salvation.
American Catholicism both is affected by the institution and affects the institution. This is an example of...
They believed these forces were not present in India and China, and Confucianism had a great impact.
"New religions start not for equilibrium, but to provide a new way of looking at the world and society." This quote mostly relates to...
Sects that that have been normalized in society
This is called..
A new path is created by a mystic or prophet
Tradition strays off the path
There is an attempt to preserve the religion
A new prophet/mystic arises
Christian theologist who took sociology seriously.