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Durkheim and Weber on the Sociological Beliefs and Practices of Religion

Authors
Yitong Ge1, *
1University College London, London, England
*Corresponding author. Email: Yitong.ge.22@ucl.ac.uk
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Yitong Ge
Available Online 1 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_31How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sociology Culture; Sociology Theory; Durkheim; Marx Weber; Religion
Abstract

Sociological history describes religion as a combined set of beliefs together with practices that human use to shape their actions in life. Essentially, holding the same belief can bind people together and identify them as belonging to a particular group. Over the past decades, sociologists have dedicated extensive research to deducing the social foundations of certain beliefs and practices as being religious. With such an approach, religion is considered as being social phenomenon as opposed to a psychological or theological spectacle. It is responsible for creating intimate connections with the existing social system.

Through the reflection on capitalism and culture, this study takes a deep dive at the sociological phenomena of religion and its impact on contemporary social ecology. It focuses on how Emile Durkheim and Max Weber posit their varied sociological methodologies in the study of religion. The study will first look at Durkheim’s position of religion in his work “The Elementary Forms of Religious Life”. Then, it will reflect on Weber’s contribution to the religious discourse by taking a deep dive into his work “In the Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism”.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 March 2023
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978-2-38476-018-3
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_31How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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