Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1331 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Conflict Theory on Religion
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The idea
Conflict theorists view religion as an institution that can help maintain social inequality, teaching those with less to accept their position as divinely ordained.
In practice
Vast institutional wealth alongside a largely low-income membership illustrates the disparity conflict theorists point to.
Where people slip
The claim is about religion's structural role in some historical cases, not a claim that every religious institution functions this way.
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