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personal that it's impossible to express and to quantifiably measure
There tends to be 2 ways:
Substance - trying to get what the essence of religion is
Function - what religion does in society
Inclusivist & exclusivist
o Inclusivist definitions take a broad view of what constitutes
'religion'. They could include [political movements, social movements
and organisation etc. as long as they seem to carry out the functions
of religion.
o This could be a tautological way to define religion - a religion is
something that appears to carry out the function of a religion. But
what are the functions of religion? Who decides and on what criteria?
o Exclusivist definitions take a narrower view of what constitutes a
religion. They try and narrow down to the specifically religious and
would exclude political movements for eg.
o The problem here is in defining what constitutes 'religious'.
Getting to the core of 'the religious' is v difficult.
Glock & Stark
Measuring religion
They suggest 5 dimensions of religion that could be applied in order
to measure the degree of religiosity in a society
o Belief - the essential beliefs of a religion - core theology
o Practice - acts of public and private worship and ritual
o Experience - subjunctive feelings of being associated with some
higher power or being
o Knowledge - depth of understanding of the teachings and beliefs of a
religion
o Consequences - impact of being religious on daily activities
These 5 dimensions illustrate the problem of measuring religiosity
Which need to be taken into account?
Does a religion have to satisfy all these dimensions?
Which carry the greatest importance?
Functionalist
o See the function of religion to be the maintenance of social
solidarity based on a value consensus
o Looks at religion in terms of society's needs - looks at
contribution religion makes meeting the needs