Sociology and Religion

In Roe vs. Wade abortion was deemed not only legal but morally acceptable. One might be surprised to know that not only this decision but our entire outlook on life is influenced and shaped by a cultural ideology. These ideologies serve as a lense through which our entire life is tinted. While not all ideologies are destructive, the real harm is done when on can not identify it and evaluate its morals and principles individually. This paper will seek to explore how how secular humanism extends to abortion, why this is detrimental, and how Christianity provides a better ideology.

In the United States, per year, twenty million unsafe abortions and sixty-eight thousand deaths from them occur, (Odyssey) while the average death risk for a safe abortion is less than .01 percent. An illegal and unsafe abortion should never result as the last resort, but it tends to because of a lack of access to safe ones. Morals, usually drawn from religious beliefs, tend to play a part in one’s opinion towards abortion. More than three fourths of Americans consider themselves as Christians. This means that more than three fourths of Americans believe that it is morally wrong to undergo an abortion and a person should not hold the right to take someone else’s life away. While a moral belief, based on religion, is something all people are free to have,

Religion is a social institution composed of a unified system of beliefs, symbols, and rituals that guides human life, including behaviors and values. I agree with the claim that the sociological study of religion makes one’s religious faith stronger in societies and communities because the more knowledgeable you are of your religion, the more you follow and practice its beliefs. Reading the books of the religion of your choice allows you to choose the lifestyle you live and control your beliefs. Sociologically studying one’s religion cannot damage religious faith unless you are sociologically studying a religion other than yours. Your devotion to your religion has been given to you at birth, and normally children follow their parents before anyone else.

This week we are focusing on the types of people who come to our selected field site. The individuals who frequent Free Church all have one thing in common, they attend the church because they want to learn more about the Christian religion, worship God, and possibly meet other people who have the same desire. In some cases the members may have grown up in a Christian family where they have been going to church since they were young, or they could have found Christianity later in their lives. Moreover in my research, I saw that men were going to men’s ministry to learn what it means to be a “man” within the context of Christian teachings, and women were going to women’s ministry to lean the same thing. Josie and I discussed that in terms of the racial make-up of, The Free Church’s membership is predominantly European-American, although almost all ethnic groups are represented in the Church’s population. With regards to socio-economic status, most of the people at the

Social sciences such as sociology and psychology, have differences and similarities to religion. To begin with, both concepts deal with the searching for great knowledge regarding the outside world. From this common point each discipline approaches the problem differently, but they both attempt to apply their respective principles to the solving of pressing sociocultural issues. For example, social sciences may attempt to answer questions through observation and statistical analysis while religion would focus on the literacy deconstruction of sacred text and the pursuit of inner knowledge in order to uncover new meanings to the writings. In other words, social sciences try to approach controversial issues from a human perspective; the collective

Brooke Weaver Mrs. Denton Honors 8th LA January 20, 2016 Research Paper I-Search: What I Learned About My Topic Abortion is one of the most heated moral debates all over the United States. Many people say that your view on the topic shows the type of person you are. There are two sides to this debate: Pro-Choice and Pro-life. In this case when you are Pro-choice you believe that women have the custody and rights to do what they want to with their baby. While many people believe in the women’s right, they don’t believe that murdering babies is going to solve anything. These people standpoints are called Pro-life. For my topic I wanted to go deeper into this worldwide debate. For my first abortion question I was wondering if/what the Bible said about abortion? As a Christian this question was important to me to fully understand the topic. However, when I choose this as one of my questions I knew that most cites that I would look would be bias. With that in mind, I found a website that had the thoughts of trained minsters. They were going to detail about what how their church feels on abortion and why. Together they said that the bible doesn’t specialty say anything about abortion because they didn’t have the technology to abort fetus back then. However, many religious people believe that some bible verses make Gods view on abortion very clear. For example, Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed

First, the role the doctrine of God plays in the American culture is profoundly one of the most remarkable discussions throughout history. Although all human beings view God through their cultural lenses, the Western society interprets Scripture based on their beliefs. Uniquely, this nation’s values and morals are deeply rooted in its interaction with and connection to the one true God of the

This deductive essay explores the relationship between and the practices involving psychology and religion in order to uphold the ethics code. There is a sensitivity level that must be exhibited by psychology professionals that practice traditional psychology in order to make clients feel comfortable and secure in the treatment setting. In addition, this essay explains the use of religion in non-traditional psychology and the professional manner according to the ethics code in which using non-traditional approaches involving religion should be used.

Religion is one of the most difficult topics in life, not to mention the oldest. People look for the ultimate truth to religion, which in my opinion leads to misguidance and a slant of science. I think this helps true believers find their way to a faith; it certainly helped me. Science does get carried away at times; however, it is good that people are questioning stories from the bible because then we can see how corrupt the world is. Why can 't faith exist? Why does everything have to be black and white? The real truth is within yourself! Believing or not believing in something is solely your decision. Nonetheless, does the sociological study of religion undermine one 's religious faith, make it stronger, or does no harm?

Through research they found that in the catholic church there is a study, “consistent life ethic,” that “embraces the view that life should be preserved under all, or nearly all, circumstances . . . . [it] endorses the protection of human life.” During the study, they wanted to find out if Americans who are in a close relationship with God had more of a chance at opposing the death penalty or not. They also wanted to investigate if an opposition to abortion was directly correlated with a close relationship with God.

Sociology of religion has truly opened up my perspective on the different types of religion. I learned three key insights that I have gained from the sociological study of religion. My first key insight will be about how a religious organization like the Westboro Baptist Church are a marginalized identity. I will reference the Westboro Baptist Church film. My second key insight will be why people switch denominations or religions. I will reference the book and a family example. My third insight will be the multidimensional types of commitment.

As a Christian, I believe that sociology is an important part of being able to spread the gospel to nonbelievers. If you do not understand society, then you cannot possibly think that you can adequately connect with others in society. So I would agree completely with most of this selection of reading. I agree specifically with the importance of cooperation between Sociology and Christianity. I would specifically agree more with the Horse and Carriage model. The importance of faith would make it the horse. I take this stance because I believe that you need faith more than anything. They have different goals and their points of focus are different. Something I would disagree with in this specific section of reading would be the view of the freezer treatment. You should never just stop investigating something just because it does not completely correlate with your beliefs. I personally believe that you should start investigating more. Too often in American society, people do not do their own research. They just follow what they are told and move on. I agree, however, with what

Abortion is one of the most controversial topics of all time. Abortion is a topic that is discussed in several religions. Social and culture standards play a role as well in the initial view of abortion procedures. Pro-life advocates feel that the fetus may be saved and that most of the abortions that are done are not hopeless. Pro-choice advocates feel that the decision to abort a pregnancy is the decision of the mothers and the government has no right to interfere. Abortion is variously defined, but whatever its definition, religions weigh in heavily with respect to the moral question(s) involved.  When examining abortion and responses to it, one must take into account the role religion plays in determining the morality of abortion in today's

To narrow the focus of the research topic an emphasis on how religion affects the politics of abortion was selected. However, even this topic was too expansive to study. The final topic of study chosen was how the religion of Christianity influenced the politics of abortion. Abortion, like religion, is another topic that is regularly discussed in today’s society. Abortion is a heavily debated topic that has serious outcomes for individuals. For some religious persons it is an area of concern because it is considered a sin and murder. For other persons in society abortion is important because it may affect the mother’s health or the mother may be too poor to adequately take care of the child.

A Critical Analysis of Putnam, Robert D., and David E. Campbell. American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. Print, pp 1-246