conflict

• marxists believe that the masses will eventually see through the mask of oppression and rise up bringing about a revolution
• neo-marxists - religion is autonomous from the economic base, for example in Latin America religious leaders took the side of the peasants against the elite
• feminists: oppresses women and brings about conflict between women and religion
• secularisation: religion has lost its capacity to be a source of anything
• karen armstrong says politics and economics are more likely to be a source of conflict than religion