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Analyze and evaluate the relationship between religion and social change
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ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE In this essay I will analyze and evaluate the relationship between religion and social change in several ways. I will look at the work of various sociologists and their findings and norm's etc. One simple argument is that in technologically underdeveloped societies religion arises as a means of "explaining the unexplained". Religion, in such societies, is organized into ceremonies that involve strict hierarchical relationships between the various participants. As countries begin to develop over a period of time many people don't see a need for religion because they have better lives and simply exclude it. One way of understanding the relationship between social change and religion is to look at contemporary examples of the emergence and growth of NRM's .Some sociologists argue that the explosive growth of cheap communication systems especially satellite television, radio etc have simply widened the potential audience for...
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