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Religion and Belief Systems

A sociological and anthropological perspective

By Rohitha LankaPublished 9 months ago 1 min read

Religion, Beliefs and Beliefs

Religion is a valuable concept related to humans.

Sociologists often discuss this and provide explanations about it through anthropology.

In sociology, it is considered an institution.

In sociology, religion is considered an institution that plays a special role

In the existence of the individual as well as the existence of other things. In anthropology,

This is talked about as a cultural element.

Here, the concepts of both social and anthropologists are also important.

When we talk about it as a part of culture rather than as a social institution,

We talk about the beliefs, beliefs and beliefs about nature and culture that we build to meet our existential needs.

Religion is a very valuable cultural element related to humans.

Beliefs, beliefs and beliefs are found in primitive, rural and urban societies. Accordingly,

Anthropologists have studied this using different societies. Accordingly, various concepts and theories have been built.

Religion is the worship of supernatural forces (sun, moon, stars) by attributing divinity to them.

The material and non-material practices associated with the beliefs built in this regard are rituals.

Religion is built on these rituals and at some point it is combined with science.

In the modern era, these methods have been limited to some extent in science.

Raymond Firth,

In his study of the islands between Australia and Asia (primitive societies), observed how they used rituals for various functions of their lives. Humans have used these for every function. There are three types of rituals. Namely, productive rituals, protective rituals and destructive rituals.

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  • Sera9 months ago

    Religion is a valuable concept related to humans

  • Nikita Angel9 months ago

    Lovely written

  • Marie381Uk 9 months ago

    Lovely and fab pic too ♦️♦️♦️♦️

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