Today’s lecture focused on how religion and social issues can be linked together in terms of claims of community, spiritual claims, impact on health etc. I found this very informative and interesting as I have never thought about how religion can impact on so many social issues such as health, it really opened my mind. Furthermore, we looked at a few more theorists that agree and disagree with religion as culture. I enjoyed researching more into scholars such as Max Weber and Karl Marx and reading their views and opinions. I was very engaged with looking into how their views differed from one another.
Part of the lecture today involved learning about ‘Unchurched’ spirituality which I found very useful and learnt a lot. I had never heard of this term before however after some explanation it all started to make sense pretty quickly. It was interesting to read about the different criticisms that people have with it, some of which I agree and disagree with. We also discussed how religion and spirituality are very similar and closely linked however, are slightly different in their definition.
I found the lecture and the information given to us really interesting and it was given in a way that was easy to understand. However, when it came to the workshop I was confused with some of the exam style questions and I am still quite unclear on where I am going wrong and what I need to fix. Although, in order to improve upon this I will look into more of those type of questions and ask for assistance if I need it.
Overall, I enjoyed the lesson today and will continue to do further research on religion to develop my knowledge in time for the exa#
