Protestantism

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1.   Dec 6, 2007 6:19 AM

» pink101 - Davis & Moore -- Continued

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"The reason why religion is necessary is apparently to be found in the fact that human society achieves its unity primarily through the possession by its members of certain ultimate values and ends [held] in common. Although these values and ends are subjective, they influence behavior, and their integration enables the society to operate as a system."
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"Derived neither from inherited nor from external nature, they have evolved as a part of culture by communication and moral pressure. They must, however, appear to the members of the society to have some reality, and it is the role of religious belief and ritual to supply and reinforce the appearance of reality."

-- posted by pink101


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