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Quick questions on Religion (Component 1, Section C) - WJEC A-Level Sociology
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What is types of religious organisation?Show answer
Sociologists classify organisations by size, relationship to society and demands on members.
What is conservative force and force for change at once?Show answer
Marxism and functionalism both, in different ways, cast religion as conserving the social order: functionalists through value consensus, Marxists through ideology that legitimates inequality. Yet history shows religion can also drive change, lending moral authority and organisation to reform and protest movements. The examiner rewards an answer that resolves this not by choosing one side outright but by arguing that religion's role is contextual: in some settings it sanctifies the status quo, in others it mobilises challenge to it.
What is q1?Show answer
Distinguish between a church and a sect. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain two reasons why women tend to be more religious than men. [6 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Evaluate the Marxist view of the role of religion. [16 marks]
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