Religion
Create a fictional religion with an imaginary founder:
Write a fictional history of the founder – outline – to include the following content:
Describe the founder’s story and vision (purpose of the religion)
What caused the founder to abandon previous beliefs and why start a new religion?
Describe the early followers, the experience and stigma associated with accepting/believing the founder’s religious vision.
List five requirements for recruiting membership to this religion? These requirements should not be random – they must fit into the larger vision of the acceptable U.S. culture of religion – they should make sense to prospective religious group members – what type of individuals do you want to be members of your religion?
Clearly state five rules/expectations of this religion – to maintain membership in the religion
Narrative Summary of the following (reference lesson/chapter material)
Connect fictional religion content to Weber and Durkheim’s work on religion.
Connect fictional religion content to the three sociological perspectives
Structural Functional Perspective
Conflict Perspective
Symbolic Interaction Perspective
Discuss the future of religion.