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Chapter 13: Family and Religion

Family- a social instiution found in all societies that unites people in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children Kinship- a social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption Profane- occuring as an ordinary part of everyday life Church-a religious organization that is well intergrated into the larger society
 * Olive's parents raised two kids, Olive and her adopted brother who all live together and are connected.
 * Olive's parents have a social bond of marriage with one another.
 * The parties at Melody Bostic's house are always occuring which is why she is so popular among her peers.
 * Quite a few students participate in the Cross Your Heart club at school devoted to religious practices. They protest Olive's behavior of committing adultry at one point and Olive even goes to a church to try to find the answers to what they are talking about.

Olive's family is having a discussion because her parents are worried about her.

Marriage- a legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity, and childbearing Endogamy- marriage between people of the same social category Monogamy-marriage that unites two partners Infidelity- sexual activity outside marriage Olive's parents have a successful marriage and always try to do what is best for Olive.
 * Rosemary and Dill are in a legal relationship and have had Olive together.
 * Mr. and Mrs. Griffith are an endogamy because both work in the school system and are married.
 * Rosemary and Dill are in a monogamy because they have stopped seeing other people.
 * Mrs. Griffith committed an infidelity when she had sex with Micah.

**extended family:** a family composed of parents and children as well as other kin **cohabitation:** the sharing of a household by an unmarried couple **religion:** a social institution involving beliefs and practices based on recognizing the sacred **fundamentalism:** a conservative religious doctrine that opposes intellectualism and worldly accommodation in favor of restoring traditional, otherwordly religion
 * Olive’s immediate family consists of herself and her parents. However, her extended family includes her adopted brother.
 * At the end of the movie, Brandon runs away with his boyfriend. Brandon moves in with his boyfriend and decides to start a new life with his significant other.
 * In this movie, Marianne’s church group is devoted to Christianity. They portray several popular practices associated with that particular religion, including praying and singing.
 * Marianne’s father is a pastor at a local church. When Olive goes to him for advice, Marianne’s father doesn’t believe Olive is only pretending to sleep with boys for money and condemns her behavior. His belief that sexual intercourse before marriage is wrong is based on fundamentalism.