Public sociology describes an approach to sociology where the researchers should be politically active, conduct research relevant to current problems and provide their own opinions regarding certain issues. 

It stands in contrast to academic or non-public sociology where researchers should be politically neutral and conduct research that they see as useful for sociology and their interests, abstaining from providing their own opinions. 

Within both approaches certain research can be seen as political by the general public even without the researchers' intent. 

Recognized religious group is a status than religious groups can obtain within a country. It is obtain through court were a group proves that they are a religion. Recognized religious groups can receive, depending on a country, tax exemptions, ability to oparate, property, acses to state media, direct money, ability to get time off during their own holidays, state-funded religion lessons in schools, military exemptions for members or ability for religious leaders to enter hospitals or military. In recent years a few countries added a "no harm" rule that only grants that status to groups that don't promote cutting off non-believing family and friends and don't promote practices that can cause risk to someones life or health. This took away the status from some groups. Unrecognized groups can operate, they just don't receive those benefits. An example of that is Lithuania taking away most of the privileges from Jehovas Witnesses and threatening to take away their status.

Non-alignment refers to a foreign policy strategy in which a state deliberately avoids formal military, political and/or ideological alignment with major global power-blocs.

Playwork refers to jobs that revolve around activities generally considered as fun or leisure. Examples of playwork include videogame streamers, being a movie critic or a hotel tester.