This pack contains two Powerpoint presentations: 1 - 39 Slide PowerPoint that covers the Functionalist View of Religion AND ‘Civil Religion’ 2 - 5 slide PowerPoint that covers evaluation of the Functionalist view The lessons are accompanied with detailed handouts that students complete during the sessions The lessons cover: Starter task - symbols and meaning Introduce key theorists Define: Value Consensus, Order, Solidarity Define and introduce: The Sacred, The Profaine Short reading and summative task to consolidation knowledge and understanding of The Sacred, The Profaine Totemism - case study: Arunta Clan What is a ‘Totem’ Totemism and Clans Task - students to create their own clans, rules and totems that symbolise the values of the clan Reading / consolidation task The Collective Consciousness Critiques of Durkheim’s view point Malinowski Social Solidarity - explored and expanded upon Trobriand Islanders of the Western Pacific case study ‘God of the Gaps’ Religion ‘At a time of life crisis’ Parsons - Independent Reading task - Positive functions of religion Robert Bellah - Civil Religion Civil Religion in the USA Civil Religion in the UK Gapped handout- task Assessment - 10 mark assessment task

This pack contains: A 45-slide PowerPoint presentation This lesson covers: Re-cap of Post Modern theory Definition, Grand Narratives and institutional power Starter Task - students discuss and share their experiences with religion in 21st century Two slides discussing the over-arching criticism of Secularisation Theory Religious Market Theory & Theories of Late Modernity and Post-Modernism -Grace Davie: From Obligation to Consumption - defined and discussed, examples provided to enhance understaning Believing without Belonging Vicarious Religion & The Spiritual Health Service Critics of Davie: Steve Bruce, Voas and Crocket, Abby Day Cultural Amnesia & Spiritual Shopping Danielle Hervieu-Leger: Pilgrims vs. Converts Post Modern Religion Globalisation and its impact on religion Desembedded religion Religion online and Online Religion - reading, note taking and discussion task Religious Consumerism & The Sphere of Consumption Religious Consumerism Religious Disenchantment Reading and assessment task: New Age Religions Self-Religion and Sheilaism - video resource, reading task Task: students given tenants of major religions as well as tenants of some global religions. Students use their phones and this data to create their own ‘commandments’ Religious Market Theory Are humans inherently religious? Religion as a Compensator American Vs. Europe Supply Led Religion Televagelism explored Critiques of Religious Market Theory: Bruce, Norris and Inglehart, Beckford Existential Security Theory People from poorer societies/nations are much more likely to be religious that people from richer societies/nations. Comparison made between Burundi (poorest nation on Earth) and Germany (one of the wealthiest) Norris and Inglehart: Existential Security Poor societies vs rich societies Case Study: Uruguay Booklet The booklet is 28 pages long The book contains a combination of note taking, gapped sections, tasks A two-page linear, bulletpointed list of key facts, dates and developments that will help students understand the process of seculariation and rise of alternative religions Several consolidation activities aimed to help learners of all learning styles.

TES – Beliefs pack This pack contains a complete scheme of learning for the AQA – Sociology Paper 2 module: Beliefs in Society. The pack contains twelve [12] complete lessons – each lesson is fully animated, full of tasks, activities, assessment materials, assessment tasks and consolidation activities. All lessons are accompanied by a handout/booklet that students can use during the teaching of the sessions. Documentary recommendations are included, as well as links to further reading and suggested materials for engaging students outside of the classroom. The sub-topics covered are: 1 – Definitions of Religion - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12774527 2 – Feminist View of Religion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/feminist-view-of-religion-sociology-12701674 3 – Functionalist View of Religion - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12774533 4 – Marxist View of Religion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-marxist-perspective-of-religion-12739724 5 – Social Change and the Conservative View[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/religion-force-for-change-or-conservative-force-12701703 6 – Religious Organisations and New Religious Movements - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858285 7 – Secularisation -https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858297 8 – Alternatives to Secularisation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-alternatives-to-secularisation-full-lesson-12766222 9 – Religion and Social Groups https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-religion-and-social-groups-12769375 10 – Science as a Belief System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-paper-2-religion-as-a-belief-system-12773915 11 – Religion in a Global Context https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858303 12 – Religion and Ideology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-sociology-religion-and-ideology-12774148