INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SOSYOLOJİYE GİRİŞ) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi Religion and Society soru detayı:

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What is the importance of collective worship according to Durkheim?


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Emile Durkheim believed that social life was impossible without the shared values and moral beliefs that form the collective conscience. In their absence, there would be no social order, social control, social solidarity or cooperation. In short, there would be no society. Religion reinforces the collective conscience. The worship of society strengthens the values and moral beliefs that form the basis of social life. Durkheim emphasized the importance of collective worship. The social group comes together in religious rituals of drama and reverence. Together, its members express their faith in common values and beliefs. In this highly charged atmosphere of collective worship, the integration of society is strengthened. Members of society express, communicate, and understand the moral bonds, which unite them. As a result, it could be said that from Durkheim’s point of view, when people recognize or worship supernatural entities, they are really worshipping their own society.