What is the “sociological perspective” and how does it affect the way we study religion? How is it different from non-social scientific (philosophical, theological) approaches to the study of religion? From other social scientific (psychological, anthropological) approaches Sociological perspective is the manner in which social activities in the environment are seen and accepted by people who have ample knowledge on the environmental activities, which affect the economic and historical aspects in a society. The sociological perspective on the economy in the society affects the religious believe on the divine activities such as the number of praying, the frequency of reading the texts from the holy book. The raising economy is perceived as a challenge to citizens who have been affected, since maintaining a noble life has been difficult; therefore, with such difficulties, time spent on religious activities is reduced (Schieman, 2003). Cloning is the scientific process of artificially altering the DNA order on the genes to create a human being who is superior to the normal human being. Such social perspective negatively affects believes of religion in society. Worldwide, religion is an aspect that is determining most of the decisions and conclusions made during sociology and technological activities in the society. Cloning is a process that is not accepted in religion since they believe that only God creates a human being (Bainbridge, 2003). The process of cloning creates human beings who are superior. Therefore, in most cases the sociology perspective negatively affects the study of religion in the society hence making it difficult for the believers to concentrate on improving religion in the economy. Religion and ethnicity are related and are similar in many aspects, since they share common topics of handling issues in society. The sociological perspective on the ethnicity has led to rise of several divisions of religions globally. They have come out in large numbers, and each branch claims to be doing the right thing before God, hence causing religious conflicts. Ethnicity causes the division of a single group since it allows for freedom of sharing ideas and doing things on a person’s way of interests. This perspective causes negative impacts on the religion because of the misunderstanding among the groups of religion. Philosophical theology is a non-social scientific study of Christians’ doctrines, which describes the basis of a Christian faith that keeps them united. The difference is that sociological perspective majors on the opinions that witness give about a point to be taken while philosophical theology speak on the history events that occurred in the past. Psychological anthropology is a social scientific study of reasoning ability of human beings and is beneficial in the social and cultural life. The following topics explain further what psychological anthropology is all about; mind, agency to an emergency and the religion of an individual. The difference between it and sociological perspective is the point where ideas are retrieved; because in the psychological anthropology the source is in the brain, while sociological perspective the source of information comes automatically depending on the situation at hand. What is religion and where does it come from? Discuss the relative merits of theories proposed by Durkheim, Marx, and the Rational Choice