[4.0] Postmodernity and religion Flashcards
In the post-modern view, changes in religion are largely the result of what?
Changes in wider society such as individualism and consumerism.
How does Davie (2007) argue against secularisation theory?
She suggests that people believe without belonging to an organisation, such as worshipping at home.
What is vicarious religion?
Where a small number of professional clergy practice religion on behalf of a larger group of people.
Where is vicarious religion popular?
In Britain and Northern Europe, where people usually just use places of worship for events such as weddings and baptisms.
What did Bibby (1993) find?
Only 25% of Canadians attend church, but 80% say they hold religious beliefs.
What did Davie (2007) compare vicarious religion to?
The tip of an iceberg, where the larger belief lurks under the surface.
What does Davie (2007) argue with regards to modernisation?
She says that modernisation does not affect every society in the same way, there are different modernities in countries such as Britain and America.
What does Davie (2007) reject?
The view that religion will be replaced by science.
Criticise Davie’s ideas in two points.
- Voas and Crockett (2005) argue that both church attendance and belief in God are declining.
- Bruce suggests that if people are not willing to spend time going to church this shows the decline in the strength of their belief.
What does Hervieu-Leger (2006) argue?
She argues that there has been a dramatic decline in institutional religion in Europe, with fewer and fewer people attending church.
What does Hervieu-Leger (2006) blame the decline on?
Cultural amnesia, where children are not taught about their religion at home and people forget their roots.
What has reduced the power of the church to impose religion?
A trend towards greater social equality.
What has traditional religion been replaced by?
Individual consumerism where people have a choice in what religion they want to believe in and can act as spiritual shoppers.
Which two types of people have emerged from religion becoming a personal, spiritual journey?
Pilgrims, who follow an individual path of self-discovery and converts, who join a religion that offers a strong sense of community.
What point does Lyon (2000) put forward?
There is now ‘Jesus in Disneyland’ as a Harvest Day crusade took part at Disneyland showing the blurring of the boundaries between different social areas.
