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Assess The Extent To Which Marxist & Feminist Theories Help Our Understanding Of Religion In Society Today Two sets of sociologists, which give their perspective on religion, are the Marxists and the Feminists. These two sets of theorists provide two different definitions on how religion affects society today; however their meanings differ only slightly. While Marxism argues that religion legitimises the, "subordination of the subject class and the domination and privilege of the ruling class", Feminists see religion as a product patriarchy, serving the interest of men under the subordination of women. Whilst both see religion as tools of domination and oppression, the parties involved in this domination and oppression are different. Marxist theories are often known as conflict theories, as they see a conflict between the capitalist ruling class and the proletariat subject class, the two main classes, which compose the industrial society. Therefore religion is used to keep the...

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