Dépossession et besoins à l'origine des groupes religieux
This paper examines the theories of H. Richard Niebuhr and of Charles Glocn and Rodney Stark in which they attri bute the origin of religious groups to deprivation.It is argued that deprivation is an inadequate explanation for the origin and survival of religious groups and that a theory based on hu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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Sage
[1971]
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Social compass
Year: 1971, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 237-246 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the theories of H. Richard Niebuhr and of Charles Glocn and Rodney Stark in which they attri bute the origin of religious groups to deprivation.It is argued that deprivation is an inadequate explanation for the origin and survival of religious groups and that a theory based on human needs is required.Religion may be seen, in certain circumstances, as a substitute activity in that it provides a vicarious substitute for the satisfaction of certain biological and social needs. When men are deprived of the natural, material or secular satis faction of these needs they may turn to religion.Because of increased opportunities for the satisfaction of biological and social needs there is less need for religion as a substitute activity in complex modern industrial societies, religion, however, survives because it provides for the satis faction of what may be termed specifically religious needs, namely the need for an interpretation and explanation of the psychic and mystical experiences of men. |
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| ISSN: | 1461-7404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Social compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/003776867101800205 |