1.summary
Sociologists study religion in the same way as studying other social
systems such as education and government. The purpose of social scientists to
study religion is to predict what will become a religion, not just to
understand it. For this, social scientists use demographic, academic
techniques, research analysis, ethnic geography and a variety of methodological
approaches, just like studying other social systems. Sociologists are not
interested in the right or wrong of religion. Sociologists take a relativistic
view of basically whether it's right or wrong, whether it's true or not.
2.interesting point
It was interesting because religion and other social factors were more
involved than I thought. Gender, race, education, health, etc. When we talked
about it’s connection to education, it was interesting to note that in
Johnson's study he statistically showed that people who go to college tend to
be more devout than those who don't go to college and remain religious.
Religion is related to different social factors. Is there anything
else besides the examples above? Talk to me if you think of anything else.
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