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General Concepts WR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Four Major Theories of Religion part 1: Emile Durkheim | Believed religion's primary role is to enforce social cohesiveness and reflect social values. He wasn't concerned with the existence of God but rather with how religion unites a society |
| Four Major Theories of Religion part 2: Karl Marx | Argued that religion is a tool used by the wealthy to exploit the poor and is considered the "opium of the people |
| Four Major Theories of Religion part 3: Sigmund Freud | Saw religion through a psychological lens, as a form of wish fulfillment created to help people cope with life's difficulties |
| Four Major Theories of Religion part 4: Clifford Geertz | Viewed religion from an anthropological perspective, focusing on cultural symbols and rituals that give meaning to people's lives and form their worldview |
| Exclusivist | Assumes that salvation is found only through one specific religion, and people outside that religion are lost |
| Inclusivist | Acknowledges that God's revelation is definitive in one religion, but also holds that God's love extends to and can save people who haven't heard of or explicitly accepted that religion |
| Pluralist | Believes that salvation is not limited to a single path, and all major religions are equally valid paths to the same ultimate reality. |