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Conflict Theory on Religion

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Conflict theorists view religion as an institution that can help maintain social inequality, teaching those with less to accept their position as divinely ordained.

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Vast institutional wealth alongside a largely low-income membership illustrates the disparity conflict theorists point to.

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The claim is about religion's structural role in some historical cases, not a claim that every religious institution functions this way.