Culture, Religion, and Inequality Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 September 22, 2015 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 1 / 1
PollEverywhere Preparation http://www.pollev.com/andrewperrin Gender Religion Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 2 / 1
Remember Causal Logic Remember: good sociological questions have causal logics to them What does religion cause? What causes religion? Prior question (operationalization): what is religion? Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 3 / 1
PollEverywhere: What is Religion? http://www.PollEv.com/andrewperrin Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 4 / 1
What do we mean by religion? Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 5 / 1
What do we mean by religion? Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 6 / 1
What do we mean by religion? Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 7 / 1
Religious Identification in the US Protestant: 51.3% Catholic: 23.9% Jewish: 1.7% Unaffiliated: 16.1% (includes 1.6% atheist) Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 8 / 1
Who attends? Age Age Group % More than Monthly 18–29 30.2 30–44 40.6 45–59 40.6 60–74 48.7 75+ 58.4 Source: GSS 2008 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 9 / 1
Who attends? Region Region % More than Monthly Northeast 31.3 Midwest 43.1 South 49.3 West 33.7 US Total 41.1 Source: GSS 2008 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 10 / 1
Who attends? Politics Region % More than Monthly Liberal 28.3 Moderate 37.6 Conservative 55.3 Source: GSS 2008 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 11 / 1
Who attends? Education Region % More than Monthly Left high school 37.2 High school 39.9 Junior college 45.7 Bachelor’s 42.4 Graduate 45.7 Source: GSS 2008 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 12 / 1
PollEverywhere: Religious Identification http://www.PollEv.com/andrewperrin Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 13 / 1
Durkheim A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them. Formes (Trans. Fields) 44 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 14 / 1
PollEverywhere: Durkheim http://www.PollEv.com/andrewperrin Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 15 / 1
Secularization Most sociological theory expects less religion as time goes on Hasn’t really panned out Recent studies: varieties of religious experience, thinking, and approaches Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 16 / 1
Religious Service Attendance Approx. 40% report attendance Very stable since statistics began being collected in 1934 Higher than most of the world Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 17 / 1
PollEverywhere: Religious Commitment http://www.PollEv.com/andrewperrin Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 18 / 1
The Sacred Canopy Peter Berger Problem: How to explain the persistence of religion? Humans as meaning-making animals Religion provides the functional means to avoid “existential terror” Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 19 / 1
The Religious Marketplace Do you choose your religion? How? New paradigm in the sociology of religion “Rational choice” Low-investment churches and turnout decline Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 20 / 1
Measuring religion Content - what do you believe? Conduct - what do you practice? Centrality - how important is it to you? Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 21 / 1
Overreporting religion Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 22 / 1
World Religious Denominations Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 23 / 1
World Religious Sensibilities Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 24 / 1
PollEverywhere: Effects of Religion http://www.PollEv.com/andrewperrin Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 25 / 1
What does religion do? Attenders are... ...happier ...more conservative ...more likely to volunteer ...more likely to give ...less tolerant ...less knowledgeable about science Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 26 / 1
What does religion do? Mooney, Faith Makes Us Live , 2009 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 27 / 1
Freedom vs. Belief? Korteweg and Yurdakul, The Headscarf Debates , 2014 Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 28 / 1
Freedom vs. Belief? Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 29 / 1
The New Atheism Sam Harris The End of Faith Christopher Hitchens God is Not Great Richard Dawkins The God Delusion Daniel Dennett Breaking the Spell Andrew J. Perrin - SOCI 101.004 Culture, Religion, and Inequality September 22, 2015 30 / 1
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