Durkheim — religion and society
Durkheim's groundbreaking work showing religion is fundamentally about creating social solidarity and collective identity, not about supernatural beliefs.
Real World
The atmosphere at a packed Wembley Stadium — strangers singing together and feeling intense collective emotion — mirrors what Durkheim called collective effervescence in religious ritual.
Exam Focus
Use 'sacred/profane' and 'collective conscience' as technical terms; define them briefly to demonstrate conceptual precision on 'outline' questions.
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