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9.1 Learning Outcomes

Aimee Samara Krouskop and Kimberly Puttman

This chapter offers you the opportunity to:

  • Explain the relationship between religion, spiritual belief systems, and power.
  • Compare and contrast how early sociologists explained religion and spiritual belief systems in society.
  • Discuss how the contemporary feminist, critical race, and queer sociological perspectives view religion and spiritual belief systems in society.
  • Describe how religion and spiritual belief systems can be used as a tool of oppression or to support social justice.
  • Explain how religion and spiritual belief systems play a role in addressing our climate crisis.
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