The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Always visible content "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" by Émile Durkheim is a book publ...ished in 1912 that analyzes religion as a social phenomenon. Durkheim argues that religious beliefs emerge from communal living and emotional bonds within society. Through studying totemic societies in Australia, he proposes that sacred symbols actually represent society itself. Durkheim identifies the concept of the sacred as the unifying element across all religions, defining religion as a system of Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less beliefs and practices that unite communities around things set apart as forbidden. (This is an automatically generated summary.)