Which theoretical framework of sociology sees religion as playing a role in maintaining the status quo and creating inequalities?

A. The symbolic-interaction approach

B. The social-conflict approach

C. The structural-functional approach

D. All of the above

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Regan Coleman

15 November, 13:52

Which theoretical framework of sociology sees religion as playing a role in maintaining the status quo and creating inequalities?

A. The symbolic-interaction approach

B. The social-conflict approach

C. The structural-functional approach

D. All of the above

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Guillermo Thornton · Answer 1

B) The Social-conflict approach

Karl Marx who believed that religion was a source of social control through which the lower classes could be suppressed. And he wished to end this status quo and source of social inequalities so the proletariat could rise from oppression and claim rewards in this life.

Which theoretical framework of sociology sees religion as playing a role in maintaining the status quo and creating inequalities?A. The symbolic-interaction approachB. The social-conflict approachC. The structural-functional approachD. All of the above

Which theoretical framework of sociology sees religion as playing a role in maintaining the status quo and creating inequalities?

A. The symbolic-interaction approach

B. The social-conflict approach

C. The structural-functional approach

D. All of the above