pluralist beliefs

Examples of pluralist beliefs in the following topics:

• Beliefs

  • Religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
  • Religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
  • In contrast to other belief systems, religious beliefs are usually codified.
  • People with pluralist beliefs make no distinction between faith systems, viewing each one as valid within a particular culture.
  • Examine the complexity of belief and the categories of belief within society

• A Multicultural Society

  • The Melting Pot tradition co-exists with a belief in national unity, dating from the American founding fathers:
  • In Pluralistic Universe (1909), William James espoused the idea of a "plural society" and saw pluralism as "crucial to the formation of philosophical and social humanism to help build a better, more egalitarian society. "

• Functions of the State

  • Many people consider the United States to be a pluralist state.
  • According to the pluralist view, whichever interest group was better able to recruit members to its cause, and to persuade policymakers, would prevail.
  • Pluralists view society as a collection of individuals and groups competing for political power.
  • Within the pluralist tradition, Robert Dahl developed the theory of the state as a neutral arena for contending interests.
  • The pluralist approach suggests that the modern democratic state acts in response to pressures that are applied by a variety of organized interests.

• Resource Mobilization Approach

  • there will always be grounds for protest in modern, politically pluralistic societies because there is constant discontent (i.e., grievances or deprivation); this de-emphasizes the importance of these factors as it makes them ubiquitous

• The Nature of Religion

  • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and to moral values.
  • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.
  • The typical dictionary definition of religion refers to a "belief in, or the worship of, a god or gods" or the "service and worship of God or the supernatural. " However, many writers and scholars have noted that this basic "belief in god" definition fails to capture the diversity of religious thought and experience.
  • Edward Burnett Tylor defined religion as simply "the belief in spiritual beings. " He argued, in 1871, that narrowing the definition to mean the belief in a supreme deity or judgment after death would exclude many peoples from the category of religious and thus "has the fault of identifying religion rather with particular developments than with the deeper motive which underlies them. " He also argued that the belief in spiritual beings exists in all known societies.
  • Some religions place an emphasis on belief while others emphasize practice.

• Nonmaterial Culture

  • Examples include any ideas, beliefs, values, or norms that shape a society.
  • Social norms are group-held beliefs about how members should behave in a given context.
  • Finally, beliefs are the way people think the universe operates.
  • Beliefs can be religious or secular, and they can refer to any aspect of life.
  • Norms, values, and beliefs are all deeply interconnected.

• Widespread Belief

  • The Protestant denominations encompass a wide array of religious beliefs.
  • It is common for many societies to be dominated by a single widespread belief.
  • a belief in the need for personal conversion (or being "born again")
  • Other parts of the world have different widespread beliefs.
  • As the map shows, certain regions are dominated by widespread beliefs.

• The Elements of Religion

  • A conventional social scientific view understands religion as a group's collective beliefs and rituals relating to the supernatural.
  • A third social scientific perspective views religion as the collective beliefs and rituals of a group relating to the supernatural.
  • If we simply focus on beliefs relating to the supernatural, this too may be broad enough to include atheism.
  • However, when belief and rituals of a group relating to the supernatural are coupled together, the scope seems appropriately narrowed.

• The Role of Socialization

  • Socialization prepares people for social life by teaching them a group's shared norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors.
  • The belief that killing is immoral is an American norm, learned through socialization.
  • Broadly defined, it is the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to future group members.
  • Socialization is culturally specific: people in different cultures are socialized differently, to hold different beliefs and values, and to behave in different ways.

• Religion

  • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and moral values.
  • Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.
  • Parental religious participation is the most influential part of religious socialization–more so than religious peers or religious beliefs.
  • Belief in God is attributable to a combination of the above factors but is also informed by a discussion of socialization.
  • Religious ceremonies, such as Catholic mass, socialize members of the faith to the practices and beliefs of the religion.