4 ways in which religion is a conservative force:
-beliefs- upholding traditional beliefs such as traditional gender roles- men as head of household, women as the caregiver
Functionalists- maintain value consensus
Marxism- maintain power and ruling class
Feminism- maintain patriarchy
Weber- the protestant ethnic and spint of capitalism
Aims- to understand why the majority of the wealth was inyhr hands of german protestnats
Conclusion about religion and social change-religion can bring about social change- modern capitalism
