In Angels and Demons, the church and the illuminati are at odds with each other. The illuminati are killing four potential Popes one by one, and the Catholic Church hired a professor with extensive knowledge about the church’s history to solve the problem and stop the killings. The 2009 film "Angels and Demons" demonstrates examples of social changes and functions while viewing the struggle between religion and science from the conflict perspective. In society, there’s constant changing because every society needs to change in some way in order to survive. Social statics is the study of how social order is maintained. In the film, the ceremony done after the Pope’s death is an example of something that has stayed the same. After the Vatican declares a Pope dead, it does the same thing it’s always done, such as breaking the papal ring. Nothing about this process has changed for hundreds of years. The church also tries to downplay science, which it has always done because it doesn't like any ideas that go against its own. Social dynamics, on the other hand, is the study of how society changes. Years ago, the church attempted to maintain stability by crushing the illuminati and their scientific ideals, but made a horrendous enemy that came back. In the film, the illuminati try to kill four Cardinals. This is an example of things changing in society because heads of the church are supposed to sacred people, and harming them would be an unthinkable sin to most people. The antimatter that is created is also an example of dynamics because it is something that is made out of nothing. The church believes only God has the power to create things, so this is a change because humans shouldn’t be able to make anything out of nothing. Every single aspect of society has a purpose or function, which can be negative or positive. Manifest functions are intended and recognized, while latent functions are unintended and unrecognized. The manif