SCLY3 Beliefs in Society June 2012 Thread

Can someone check this essay please...
Religion as a force for social change 33marks
Weber- adoption of Protestant work ethic leading to a Calvinist capitalist class, ascetic lifestyle helped create an ethic of disciplined hard work.. Belief in the predestination, you were chosen by god for salvation.. And their rewards would be economic success... Theodicy of privilege disprivilige explaining social situations and religion answers questions to our social position... Over all religion indirectly brought about social change
HOWEVER...
Marxists would disagree to webers view of Calvinism as capitalism started Way before
Webers ideas show how religion can still influence people to have an ascetic life now and invest money so there could be a chance with continuing Calvinism..

Marxists disagree that religion is. A force for social change and say it maintains social stability ensuring the dominant class maintains and legitimises power against the working class to accepting the false. Lass consciousness. Althusser says this is done in two ways the repressive sate apparatus- using physical punishment to control people e.g the judicial system and police
Ideological state apparatus maintaining dominance and power over ruling class ensuring they do not revolt and produce anomie... Religion is used to control the working class to ensure the dominant stay rich and powerful an ensuring the poor stay poor
Marx opium of Ppl

Functionalists - moral values. Social stability, shared Norms value consensus collective consciousness
Durkheim Malinowski parsons

Liberation theology- otto maduro- can be used as a force of social change ... Jesus helped poor... Church shoul help the poor against dominant class
Archbishop Romero killed
Father Torres killed
Gramsci and notion of counter hegemony


What dyu think f this as a 33 marker.??

Really good! I might add a paragraph on the American civil rights movement as an example of social change and how religion helped this, contrast with New christian Right

Please could you elaborate... I don't know about this also could I talk about feminism in this or dyu reckon I've focused too much on evaluation...

Sorry...I assumed everyone would use the same textbook! I wouldn't worry about it the day before, What you have put is excellent anyway I was just talking about how Martin Luther King had religion on his side during the movment for equal rights

Sorry...I assumed everyone would use the same textbook! I wouldn't worry about it the day before, What you have put is excellent anyway I was just talking about how Martin Luther King had religion on his side during the movment for equal rights

Aaaahhh right I suppose if I just talked about Martin Luther king I'd get marks coz. He did make a change... Oooh so I can talk about like nelson mandela too! Lol! You can put so much into sociology!
And thanks... That essay plan means I can move on to another topic!

Does anyone think the following will come up, because I don't think they will so I'm not learning them...
Cultural defence
Cultural transition
NRMs
Cults and sects
Ethnicity and religion
Organisations

An essay plan for religion as a conservative force would be
For...
Functionalists- elaborate
Durkheim
Parsons
Malinowski
Neo functionalist- bellah

Evaluate functionalism such as it plays down conflicts
Talk about all negatives of religion

Marxists-elaborate their views on social stability
Althusser
Karl Marx
Neo Marx- Gramsci hegemony... Maduro... Their views of maybe a social change

Feminists and elaborate their views on social stability eg religion legitimised and exploits females to oppression in a patriarchal society
Religion inflicts patriarchal values and horns
Women are subordinated and marginalised in a patriarchal society
Daly
Beauvour
HOwECER... Not all women feel oppressed as those wearing veils and hijab feel liberated as it gives them freedom and protects them from sexual harassment in public <Linda wood head
Supported by Helen Watson... Promoting individuality and a rejection of cultural imperialism

evaluation/conclusion
Talk about weber Calvinism social change
Liberation theology
Father Torres
Arch bishop Romero
SEzuLArisation... Does religion exist do people relate to religion today... Does religion influence people in their daily everyday lives

How does this sound for a 33 marker and if there's anything to add please feel free to do so ... Thank you for ye help x

Haha exactly, suppose its something to put on the CV

Yeah just finished my first year Thanks, yeah I think so, theres hardly any of us lol! Are you off to uni next year?

Yeah definitely! I'd be surprised if not! Also I mentioned above to someone, I forgot about social groups- Gender is defo a possibility! But not sure where tbh :/

Sounds good! Make sure you have a good arguement for religion being a force for social change- Weber and calvinism is perfect for this (which you have) I'd use that after you've talked about classical Marxism
Liberation theology is a good one to use as well for social change
You've also planned to evaluate in each paragraph, this is good!!!

BY my Weber comment- I mean stick to what you've got in the marxism paragraph e.g. classical marixism vs neo-marxism then use Weber

Can someone explain ideology section to me ? like Marxism and Karl Mannheim ?

Is it in your second year, where you start doing placements?
Because my sister has finished, and now she has to do an NVQ or something, where you work in one school for like a year or so.

Yeah, but ndon't worry, there are much more guys coming down your way, because alot of other guys have told me, they want to do primary school teaching as well.

Yes hopefully, i'll be attending university next year, if i get the required grades (which is not soo high..but you never know )

Gender comes underneath organisations doesn't it?

Thank you.. And sorry for wasting your time! Il bug you once I've revised globalisation fundamentalism ideology/beliefs and secularisation!
Hope that's okay

I started placement this year- did 3 small teaching based ones

Do you mean NQT? is it her first year of teaching?
Ah thats good to hear! A third of our course has males this year is we're on the rise!
Good! You'll love it! Best year of my life so far

Yes it does I think, could come up on its own though! In our exam (jan11) We got a 33 marker on ethnicity and cultural defence and were like "Whhhhhaaaat?!"