purely on religion. Currently, religion is not seen as a “suspect classification” unlike race, because it can be changed, yet for most people, identifying with or practicing a religion is an immutable part of their identity as a person. The plaintiffs argue that choosing to surveying the Muslim Community in particular should be viewed as unconstitutional discrimination, while the NYPD argues that surveillance on the Muslim community based on their religious affiliation and classification is well within
by determining the government’s reason for passing such a law and the connection to the specific classification. There are three different tests used with three different levels of scrutiny, depending on the classification in question; in descending order, these three are the Strict Scrutiny Test, Intermediate Scrutiny, and Rational Basis test. The level of scrutiny depends on the group’s classification. “Depending upon the group whose right has been violated, the Court sets different standards of
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Durkheim: Society and Religion As I read Émile Durkheim’s classic piece, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, I experienced a whirlwind of thoughts, expressing agreement, disagreement, and complete puzzlement over the details of his logic and conclusions. As far as my essay goes, I will attempt to put these thoughts in a neat, coherent order like the one mentioned above. For me, coming from a background in sociology, the concept of collective consciousness seems natural. If society is composed
Introduction Religion has many classifications, such as tribal, classical, transcendental and cosmological, usually based on one's belief and understandings. Religion also has many definitions, usually based on one's experience. A particular definition that I found was Religion originates in an attempt to represent and order beliefs, feelings, imaginings and actions that arise in response to direct experience of the sacred and the spiritual (Connelly, 1986). Religion also has many characteristics
In his book, A Critical Introduction to the Study of World Religions, Craig Martin aims to introduce undergraduate students to a socio-functional approach in exposing the methods in which religion disrupts class equality. He succeeds by using intelligible explanations, arguments, and examples to skeptically understand how man is shaped by religion. Martin uses a functionalistic approach to understand the role religion plays in society, exploring each object with hermeneutical suspicion, believing
Church. There were two well known religions, Anglicanism and Catholicism. There were some differences between the two of these even though they both came from the same kind of christianity and followed Jesus Christ in Judea. By time, they separated into two different types of Christians. The Anglicans followed the church of England and Catholics believe the seven sacraments. One of the differences is that the Anglican Church does not support any kind of classification of ranking that determines the
Tomoko Masuzawa’s literary work, The Invention of World Religions, provides a meticulous analysis of how the term “world religions” is categorized and used in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Masuzawa addresses how the categorization of world religions has changed throughout history and how different elements of each religion, such as texts, origin, and ability to expand have shaped the classification of that religion by scholars. By using the works of well-established scholars, she is able
not considered a human until it is born. Although many days, weeks, and up to 2 months prior to the delivery, the fetus that will soon be considered a baby can survive outside of the womb with a normal life expectancy. According to many western religions, life begins at conception and the organism is considered a baby from the time it is conceived until forever. These two very different outlooks on the determination of life impact the ethics behind
descendants considered “American” while others are thought of as outsiders? Many immigrants and their descendants are considered America while others are classified differently because the generation the immigrants is plays a huge role in the classification of the immigrant, the languages and culture the immigrant brings defines him or her, and because some immigrants adapt to their new environment faster than other immigrants. Immigrants flowing into the United States come from countries all over