Religion: A Sociological Approach What is religion? "That's easy," I thought. Then I could not come up with an answer. For the answer I turn to ... religion and its effects on people. Sociologists hope to gain a better understanding of the need for religion in communities and singular lives. The functionalist perspective, the symbolic interationist perspective, and the conflict perspective can be applied to religion. Religion can be Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, Wicca, or Greek mythology to name a few. Emile Durkeim ... to fight other countries and even declare civil war. In t...

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