Question

Which theoretical framework of sociology sees religion as playing a role in maintaining the status quo and creating inequalities?
A. The symbolic-interaction approach
B. The social-conflict approach
C. The structural-functional approach
D. All of the above

Answer 1

B) The Social-conflict approach

Karl Marx who believed that religion was a source of social control through which the lower classes could be suppressed. And he wished to end this status quo and source of social inequalities so the proletariat could rise from oppression and claim rewards in this life.