Age And Religiosity

Question 1

Brierley

Answer 1

Conducted research into church attendance for different age groups

• the only group to show a recent ruse is the 65 plus age group
• since the 1980s the number of under 15s attending church regularly has halved

Question 2

Voas and Crockett

Answer 2

The ageing effect - as people come closer to the end of their life , their interest in spirituality increase since there may be a growing concern in afterlife and or a desire to seek for forgiveness for past sins

Question 3

The virtual collapse of religious organisation - arweck and Beckford

Answer 3

It’s increasingly unlikely for parents to pass on their religious beliefs to their children and religious Sunday schools are also rare

Question 4

Collins and Mayo

Answer 4

Religion has become more of a personal choice rather than a expectation so a general shift towards individualism becoming dominant over social pressures

Question 5

Samad

Answer 5

For young Pakistani and Bangladeshi children living in Britain being Muslim is more central to their identity than their nationality