SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND RELIGION

Social Stratification and Religion

Social Stratification and Religion

Introduction

Social stratification is a structured ranking of categories of people who receive unequal amounts of wealth, power, and status from generation to generation. It is a cultural universal found in almost every society from the past to present. However, the basis upon which stratification rests may vary through time and from one society to another. Herkenrath and Volker (2003) mention in order to be accepted by all members of society, including those of low rank, every system of stratification must have a legitimizing ideology. This legitimizing ideology typically justifies inequality through ...