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17. Examine the role of religion in social Control​

Answer 1

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Given this approach, Durkheim proposed that religion has three major functions in society: it provides social cohesion to help maintain social solidarity through shared rituals and beliefs, social control to enforce religious-based morals and norms to help maintain conformity and control in society, and it offers ...

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Answer 2

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Religion is an agent of social control and thus strengthens social order. Religion teaches people moral behavior and thus helps them learn how to be good members of society.A final function of religion is that it may motivate people to work for positive social change.

Given this approach, Durkheim proposed that religion has three major functions in society:

☆It provides social cohesion to help maintain social solidarity through shared rituals and beliefs.

☆ It helps to enforce religious-based morals and norms to help maintain conformity and control in society.

☆ And lastly it offers meaning and purpose to answer any existential questions.